Location and Functions of

Chlorophyll Pigments
Prepared by:
SPCNHS- BIOLOGY GROUP
• Plants are green
because they absorb
light wavelengths in
red and blue and
reflect green back
out.
Cross section of a leaf

• Mesophyll cells are

specialized for
photosynthesis.
• These cells in the
middle of the leaf
contain many
chloroplasts, the
organelles that
perform
photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll
• Chlorophyll is the part
of the plant that gives
plants their green
color.
• Chlorophyll absorbs
the sunlight and turns
the energy from the
sun into usable
energy
Structures of a Chloroplast
• Grana
• Stroma
• Thylakoid
 Grana
• A granum (plural grana) is a stack of
thylakoid discs.
• Chloroplasts can have from 10 to 100
grana.
 Stroma
• This part of the process is generally
referred to as the "light independent"
reactions or "dark reactions
 Thylakoid
• A membrane-bound compartment inside the
chloroplast.
• They join the granum stacks together as a
single compartment.
• The first part of the photosynthetic process,
often called the light reaction or light-
dependant reaction, takes place in the
thylakoids.