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Why are following important to a plant cell.

(a) Cell wall
  • It gives rigidity to plant cells. 
  • Bacterial cell also has a cell wall.
  • (b) Chloroplast
  • Chloroplasts are the "site" of photosynthesis in leaves. It has a green colored pigment chlorophyll,
  • (c) Plastids Function
  • Pigments give fruits and vegetables an orange or red color.
  • Plastids also store photosynthetic products and starch.
  • Foods full of starch contain many plastids. Potatoes, for example, have many plastids in their cells.
    • Plastids are organelles that exist only in plant cells.

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