Plant cells can use energy from the sun to make food. Animal cells cannot. Which organelle is responsible for this difference between plant and animal cells?(1 point)
Responses
chloroplast
chloroplast
central vacuole
central vacuole
cell wall
cell wall
plasma membrane
The correct answer is chloroplast
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Which statement about plasma membranes is correct?(1 point)
Responses
Plant cells have cell walls instead of plasma membranes.
Plant cells have cell walls instead of plasma membranes.
Both plant cells and animal cells have flexible plasma membranes.
Both plant cells and animal cells have flexible plasma membranes.
Plant cells have rigid plasma membranes.
Plant cells have rigid plasma membranes.
Animal cells have cell membranes instead of plasma membranes
The correct answer is: Both plant cells and animal cells have flexible plasma membranes.
The correct answer is chloroplast. Plant cells have chloroplasts, which are responsible for capturing energy from the sun and converting it into food through the process of photosynthesis. Animal cells do not contain chloroplasts, which is why they cannot use energy from the sun to make food.
The organelle responsible for the difference between plant and animal cells in their ability to use energy from the sun to make food is the chloroplast. To arrive at this answer, you could recall the function of the chloroplast and compare it to the function of the other organelles listed as options.
To start, you might be familiar with the fact that plants perform photosynthesis, a process that allows them to convert sunlight into energy-rich molecules like glucose. This process takes place within chloroplasts, which are specialized organelles found in plant cells. Chloroplasts contain a pigment called chlorophyll, which captures sunlight and plays a critical role in the process of photosynthesis.
On the other hand, animal cells lack chloroplasts and do not have the ability to produce energy from sunlight through photosynthesis. Instead, animal cells rely on other mechanisms like cellular respiration to obtain energy from the food they consume.
By comparing the functions of the chloroplast, central vacuole, cell wall, and plasma membrane, you would determine that the organelle responsible for the difference is the chloroplast.