Chapter 5, Problem 3WIO

Summary Introduction

To define and arrange:

The terms “chloroplast, thylakoid membrane, photosystem, reaction center, and granum” from smallest to largest.

Concept introduction:

The process of photosynthesis takes place inside the chloroplast of the plant cells. This is the reason chloroplasts are referred as “kitchen of the plant cell”. Chloroplast contains grana and stroma. Grana are the place where the light reaction takes place, whereas stroma is the place where the dark reaction of photosynthesis takes place.