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Plant cells __________.

a. lack mitochondria but have chloroplasts.
b. have mitochondria and chloroplasts.
c. lack mitochondria and chloroplasts.
d. have mitochondria but do not have chloroplasts.

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Answer: Option B) have mitochondria and chloroplasts.

Plant cells have mitochondria and chloroplasts.

Step-by-step explanation:

Unlike animal cells, plants cells possess mitochondria and chloroplasts. Mitochondria serves as site for respiration giving off oxygen as by-product while chloroplasts are site of photosynthesis, where sugar molecules are formed from simple inorganic molecules like atmospheric carbon dioxide, water and sunlight trapped by chlorophyll.

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