How does having many small chloroplasts rather than one large one within each cell benefit a plant?

A.) It decreases the surface area reducing the amount of unused light.

B.) It allows more of the chlorophyll to be exposed to light.

C.) It permits the cell to turn on only as many chloroplasts as are needed at a time.

D.) It makes it easier to move chloroplasts to other cells if needed.

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Yandel Welch

Biology

31 August, 01:38

How does having many small chloroplasts rather than one large one within each cell benefit a plant?

A.) It decreases the surface area reducing the amount of unused light.

B.) It allows more of the chlorophyll to be exposed to light.

C.) It permits the cell to turn on only as many chloroplasts as are needed at a time.

D.) It makes it easier to move chloroplasts to other cells if needed.

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Elianna Fischer · Answer 1

The correct answer would be option B. Having many small chloroplasts rather than one large one within each cell benefit a plant because it allows more of the chlorophyll to be exposed to light. This would increase the surface area for the light to be absorbed used in the process of photosynthesis.