List the similarities and differences between the functions of the chloroplasts and mitochondria

Include the identification of specific structures in your comparison.What will be an ideal response?


Mitochondria and chloroplasts are both energy converting organelles. Mitochondria make ATP on
internal membranes from chemical energy. Chloroplasts convert light energy to make ATP and
NADPH on internal membranes

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Controversy surrounds the use of zinc-containing nasal sprays as a cold remedy, since they have been associated with anosmia (loss of smell). If true, this is likely due to the sprays damaging which tissue?

A. osmic nerve B. sensory systems C. neuroglial system D. nervous system

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You are shown a micrograph from a light microscope in which the specimens appear sharply focused and nearly three-dimensional. The micrograph is probably from a(n) ________ microscope

A) dark-field B) phase-contrast C) Nomarski (differential interference contrast) D) bright-field E) atomic force

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Genes for antiphagocytic proteins, exotoxins, and adherence that are clustered together on a bacterial chromosome are called

a. virulence islands. b. pathogenicity islands. c. infection islands. d. operons.

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