Chloroplast

[Sarah]

A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cellsexposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules,usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cellwall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated withchlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibitphototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certainlow forms.

[Little_Girl]

one of the parts in a plant cell that contain chlorophyll and where energy provided by light from the sun is turned into food by photosynthesis

[Merna]

(in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.