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What cell part is responsible for capturing solar energy for a plant?.

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Chloroplasts capture light energy from the sun to produce the free energy stored in ATP and NADPH through a process called photosynthesis. Chloroplasts are one of the many unique organelles in the body, and are generally considered to have originated as endosymbiotic cyanobacteria
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Chloroplasts are found in plants and algae. They're responsible for capturing light energy to make sugars in photosynthesis.

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