Miriam's+Chloroplasts

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 * capture energy from sunlight and use it to produce food for the cell
 * found in plant cells and some protists
 * make leaves green
 * the chloroplasts creates sugars so that the mitochondria can break down the nutrients inside the sugar and use it
 * the stroma is an area inside the chloroplast where reactions occur and starches are made
 * the process where the chloroplast makes sugars and starches is called photosynthesis
 * have special organelles that contain chlorophylland provide the plants green color
 * have disks called thylakoids that are inside the wall of the chloroplasts trap sunlight to make sugar and starches during the process of photosynthesis