Question

Plants have chloroplasts and mitochondria. What is the purpose of mitochondria when a cell already has chloroplasts?

To turn sugars into energy
To fight off infection
To help plants store water
To store vitamins

Answer 1

To turn sugars into energy

Step-by-step explanation:

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• Mitochondria are main sites of aerobic respiration. They are miniature biochemical factories where food stuffs are completely oxidised to carbon dioxide and water.
• The energy (ATP) produced in the mitochondria helps to perform various energy requiring processes.
• Because of the formation of ATP in mitochondria it is called power house of the cell.

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• Photosynthesis: Light reaction (in thylakoids), Dark reaction (in stroma).
• Storage of starch.