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Chloroplasts in plant cells capture light energy that has traveled from…

- - - - Photoautotrophs are referred to as the producers of the biosphere because they produce their own food supply. Producers feed the consumers of biosphere called heterotrophs- they cannot make their own food supply but rather eat plants or animals
        
        Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts in plant cells
        
        A leaf's green color come from chlorophyll, a light absorbing pigment in the chloroplast that plays a central role in converting solar energy to chemical energy
        
        Chloroplasts are concentrated in the cells of the mesophyll, the green tissue inside a leaf
        
        CO2 enters a leaf and O2 exits through tiny pores called stomata
        
        Inside the chloroplasts, an envelope of two membranes encloses an inner compartment filled with stroma
        
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