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What are the differences between chlorophyll and chloroplast?
Posted August 25, 2022
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesOrganellesplant cells
Answer

Basis of differentiation 

Chlorophyll 

Chloroplast 

Definition
Chlorophyll is the pigment involved in photosynthesis, which also imparts green color to plants
Chloroplast is an organelle located within plant cells and is the site of photosynthesis
Presence
Found in all plants, algae and cyanobacteria
Found in all plants and algae
Location 
Located in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts
Located throughout the plant cell but mostly in the leaves of a plant
Types
Five types – chlorophyll a, b, c, d, f
No types
Function 
Traps solar energy and carries out photosynthesis 
Provide a location for both stages of  photosynthesis to occur
Found as part of
Chloroplast
Plant cell
Genetic material 
Lack DNA 
Has its own DNA organelle called cpDNA
Additional resources
Variations in chloroplast movement and chlorophyll fluorescence among chloroplast division mutants under light stress

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