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Waterweed grows near the surface of the water in lakes and ponds. It often grows in dense clumps. It has been observed that the chloroplasts in this plant move around inside the cell. How might this be an advantage and a disadvantage to the plant?

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The movement of chloroplasts inside the cell has an advantage, the Chloroplast can place themselves so as to obtain maximum exposure to sunlight for the process of photosynthesis. It can also be a disadvantage because energy that is useful would involve the relocation of the chloroplasts which could have been used elsewhere.

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THIS IS AN ADVANTAGE SINCE THE PLANT WILL BE ABLE TO TRAP SUNLIGHT AT ANY PART, ITS A DISADVANTAGE SINCE THEIR WONT BE EGUAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT
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