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Which organelle converts the chemical energy in food into a form that cells can use?

a. chloroplast
b. nucleus
c. mitochondrion
d. nucleolus

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Mitochondrion.

an organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. It has a double membrane, the inner part being folded inwards to form layers.
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