A-Level Bio A1 - Plant cell functions

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Chloroplast

  • site of photosynthesis

  • contains chlorophyll

  • surrounded by double membrane filled with stroma

  • contains sack of thylakoid membrane ( grana)

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Vacuole

  • strengthens and supports cells

  • consists of membrane called tonoplast

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Cell wall

  • gives strength and support

  • made from cellulose

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Tonoplast

  • filled with cell sap

  • keeps cell turgid

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Amyloplasts

  • makes and stores starch molecules

  • breaks them down to glucose

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Plasmodesmata

  • connects 2 cells together via the cytoplasm

  • allows substances to move

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Pits

  • sections of cell wall for plants cells to exchange fluids