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?
Central vacuole
Cloroplast
Plasma membrane
Cell wall
The organelle responsible for this difference between plant and animal cells is the chloroplast. Chloroplasts are unique to plant cells and are responsible for carrying out photosynthesis, a process that allows plants to convert sunlight into energy and produce food (glucose). Animal cells lack chloroplasts and therefore cannot carry out photosynthesis.
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. Chloroplasts are only found in plant cells and are responsible for photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy-rich molecules like glucose. Animal cells do not have chloroplasts and therefore cannot produce food through photosynthesis.
