Comments (-1). We would like to extend a warm welcome toMr. Aaron Eyler, Principal of Matawan Aberdeen Middle School,who will be starting in our district in late October.Please click here for a letter from Mr. Eyler to the MARSD community. We would like to extend a warm welcome toMr.
Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae that conduct photosynthesis. Chloroplasts absorb sunlight and use it in conjunction with water and carbon dioxide gas to produce food for the plant. Chloroplasts capture light energy from the sun to produce the free energy stored in ATP and NADPH through a process called photosynthesis. Chloroplasts are one of the many unique organelles in the body, and are generally considered to have originated as endosymbiotic cyanobacteria.
Functions of Chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are membrane-bound plastids containing chlorophyll, thylakoids, grana, and their own set of DNA molecules dispersed in the stroma. Each component of a chloroplast has a unique role in photosynthesis and photorespiration.hloroplasts -- the kitchens of plant cells -- are the key organelles for the nourishment of plants and other autotrophs. They are also the sites for nitrogen fixation, the reactions of which are interconnected with the processes of photosynthesis and photorespiration, and play a protective role in plant cells.