Are plants the only organism that has chloroplasts in their cells? Can animals have chloroplast? Read the following article Making the most of a meal by Stephen Ornes. What is a chloroplast? What is chlorophyll? What do they do? Explain why the scientists say the sea slugs "are what they eat?"
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Chloroplasts are found only in plants because animals do not receive energy through photosynthesis. However, both animal AND plant cells contain mitochondria, which convert energy into usable compounds for animals.
ReplyDeleteA chloroplast is a structure that uses chlorophyll to turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar. Chlorophyll is also the chemical that gives plants their green color.
Scientists say that sea slugs "are what they eat" because they ingest chloroplasts from algae and are able to turn sunlight into food---just like the plants they consume.
I literally JUST learned about chloroplasts and mitochondria, while making my ch. 7-2 organelles + functions chart.
Chloroplast is an organelle found in a plants cell. They are also in organisms that capture energy from sunlight and converts them into chemical energy. Chlorophyll is a chemical that makes leaves have their color. Chloroplast turns carbon dioxide and water into sugar using sunlight and chlorophyll. They process of the chloroplast using chlorophyll is called photosynthesis. Sea slugs eat plants which has chlorophyll and chloroplast. Researchers, such as Sidney K. Pierce, found that sea slugs know the recipe for chlorophyll and can make their own chlorophyll, which is similar to eating each other.
ReplyDeleteA chloroplast is an organelle that is found in cells of plants and some other organisms that capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy. Chlorophyll is a principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms that capture sunlight. Scientists say that sea slugs “are what they eat” because they can make chlorophyll all by themselves, just like their food, algae. When these types of sea slugs eat algae, they absorb the chloroplasts into their cells instead of digesting them. In this way, they can use photosynthesis in order to make their own food. Even more so, they also make chlorophyll by developing genetic information from the algae which sort of proves that sea slugs “are what they eat.”
ReplyDeletePlants are the only organisms that naturally have chloroplasts in their cells. There are, however, certain animals such as coral that extract cells from plants and use them to complete the process of photosynthesis. The slug Elysia chlorotica eats algae (which contains cells with chloroplasts in them), and absorbs the algae's chloroplasts into its own cells. Those are two ways that plants can obtain chloroplasts, because they are not born with them and do not grow them either. A chloroplast is an organelle that allows photosynthesis to occur. They convert water and carbon dioxide into sugar using chlorophyll and energy from the sun. Chlorophyll is a chemical inside chloroplasts. Chlorophyll helps photosynthesis happen, and is the reason that plants are green. The slugs "are what they eat" because they have the unique ability to produce chlorophyll--an ability they have "stolen" from the DNA of the algae that they eat. The article related to topics we are covering in class because we are currently learning about cells. This article clarified for me what chloroplasts are and what exactly it is that chlorophyll does. It also helped me complete my homework, which was to create a chart of organelles that are in cells, one of which is chloroplasts.
ReplyDeleteChlorophyll is a natural dye that gives plants their green color. There are many facts about plants such as Chloroplast is a structure that can use carbon dioxide and water and turn it into sugar, and is only found in plants because animals get there energy by other means then Photosynthesis. Scientists will say that Sea slugs are what they eat. This is because when they eat algae they are obtaining chloroplasts, enabling the slugs to turn sunlight into food. So they practically turn into the algae the eat.
ReplyDeleteAnimal cells are supposed to be different from plant cells, and a major reason is that only plants contain and produce chlorophyll and chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are organelles that use energy from sunlight to make glucose, food for plants. Chlorophyll is a green pigment inside chloroplasts that help chloroplasts achieve this. Although animals do not contain these, there is an exception with the sea slug named Etysia chlorotica. These slugs are said to be what they eat because they eat algae, which produces chlorophyll, when the slugs themselves can similarly produce chlorophyll. Even though the sea slugs have chloroplasts and produce chlorophyll, do they actually obtain food through photosynthesis?
ReplyDeleteChloroplast are tiny structures found in plants cells and chlorophyll is a chemical that is vital to process. The scientists say that sea slugs "are what they eat" because they eat plants. Plants have the ability to create chlorophyll and so do sea slugs. Chlorophyll gives plants there color. Maybe that explains the reason why sea slug are green.
ReplyDeleteChloropast are tiny sturtures inside plants. Chlorophyll are chloropasts that turns carbon dioxide and water into sugar using the sunlight. Scientists says that sea slugs "are what they eat" because the sea slugs eat the plants and absorb the chloropast. Sea Slugs not only absorb the chloropast, but they took parts of the plants they ate and made it their own. That is why scientists say that sea slugs are what they eat.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are tiny structures in plant cells. They also turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar using sunlight and a chemical called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll gives green plants their color. Scientists say the sea slugs “are what they eat” because the way those animals eat do affect their diet. Also that at time they can start acting like what they have been eating.
ReplyDeleteA chloroplast is an organelle that it was generally considered only plants contained. What it did for plants was create food from sunlight and the chemical chlorophyll. As a result though, chloroplasts would use up chlorophyll, forcing plant cells to create new supplies.
ReplyDeleteAt first, it was thought that when the sea slugs took the chloroplasts from the algae they ate, they also took a lifetime supply of chlorophyll. It has been recently discovered though that sea slugs have figured out how to create chlorophyll themselves. When scientists refer to the slugs as "becoming what you eat," they mean that they have gained a trait of the algae that makes up their diet.
Chloroplasts and chlorophyll are linked because they are both found in plant cells, so how can an animal and chlorophyll be linked if one is made of animal cells and one is found in plant cells? Chloroplasts are organelles that use energy from sunlight to produce glucose through a process called photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is a green pigment that is found in chloroplasts. They help chloroplasts to achieve the task of turning sunlight into glucose. Scientists say that the sea slugs are what they eat because the slugs, Elysia chlorotica, eat algae. The algae has chloroplasts in it that the sea slugs not only eat, but they have also figured out a way to produce chlorophyll. Therefore, like the article said, these sea slugs really are becoming what they eat.
ReplyDeleteChloroplast are tiny structures that plants have in their cells. They turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar using sunlight and chlorophyll. Sea slugs are like plants. They can turn sunlight into food. Plants and sea slugs can both create chlorophyll, a natural dye that gives plants their green color. Sea slugs eat algae which is a plant, and sea slugs have about the same characteristics of plants so that is why scientists say sea slugs are what they eat.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are the organelles found in plant cells, and, in this case, some animal cells. Chloroplasts use chlorophyll, which is what is responsible for giving plants its green color, as a "fuel" to process photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which chloroplasts use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into energy for the subject's use. The article featured here is about how it may be possible for animals to have chloroplasts. The scientists say that the sea slug, the Elysia chlorotica, is literally what it eats, meaning, since the slug sucks the insides of algae strands, the slug has adopted chloroplasts into its own cells from the plant; rather than digesting it, it takes it into its own cells. Therefore, it can produce its own food, or at least its own energy at its use. But scientists say that chloroplasts can use up chlorophyll, much like how an automobile uses gasoline, and find another discovery. The slug can create its own chlorophyll, making that it may have "stolen" the genes to create chlorophyll. The fact that the sea slug has adopted chloroplasts by feeding on algae shows that the saying, "You are what you eat!" is indeed true.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are organelles that are found in plants that turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar using sunlight and a chemical called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the green chemical that is found in almost all plants. Without it, plants wouldn't be able to create their own food from sunlight (photosynthesis). Before the increased research of the the sea slug Elysia chlorotica, chloroplasts have never been found in animals. This sea slug sucks out all the insides of strands of algae for food and in the process taken the algae's key tools to make food from sunlight. Now they can also produce the chemical chlorophyll not just steal it from what they eat. This helps explain how this sea slug "is what it eats".
ReplyDeletecholorplasts are only in sea slugs because they are like plants they have chlorophyll and thats what makes plants green.scientists say that slugs have been able to produce their own food in their body and might never have to eat algae for the rest of there living time.sea slugs eat water and sugar called photosynthesis. These sea slugs are really intresting and are so much like plants.Also chloroplasts is an organelle it uses energy from sunlight to produce photosynthesis."Its true slugs are what they eat" because its in there system.
ReplyDeleteIts amazing how this is the first animal to be able to creat its own chlorophyll. To do this the animal must first have chloroplasts in their cells. These are organells found in plants to creat photosynthesis in order to get energy from the sun. Since the slug sucks on the algea strands it may have got its chloraphyll from that which would explain its plant like green skin. It may be a curious sight if we see some more insidents such like this happen in the future.
ReplyDeleteThis article by Stephen Ornes discusses the Elysia Chlorotica, a sea slug that has been found to live up to the phrase "You are what you eat". The slug looks just like a leaf and its feeding habits mainly include sucking the insides of of algae. Like most plants, algae uses the process of photosynthesis to make sugar. At a recent meeting, a biologist, Sidney K. Pierce discovered that the Elysia Chlorotica weren't just able to turn sunlight into food, but that they weren't stealing the process from the algae. They also learned how to make chlorophyll.."In other words, they have started to behave like their food". When the slug eats the algae, it doesn't break down the chloroplasts found in the algae. Instead, it absorbs it into its own cells. This allows the slug to perform photosynthesis on its own, also allowing it to not have to eat for the rest of its life (according to the article, around one year). Elysia Chlorotica aren't even the only animal to have obtained this gift. Other animals, such as coral, have also learned how to turn sunlight into food.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are tiny structures in plants. They turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar using sunlight and the chemical chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a chemical that gives plants its green color.
It is quite interesting that the slug not only acts like a plant, but looks like one too. Due to the knowledge that I've learned in class, I know that the shape of the slug is important to catch sunlight that the slug may use for photosynthesis. Perhaps, study on these slugs will lead to a way that humans can create their own food. If chloroplasts that are generally found in plants cells were found in the animal cells of this slug, then it is quite possible for humans to be able to eventually create their own food. Pretty soon, people might be able to laze around even more than they do today!
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are one of the many different types of organelles in the cell. In general, they are considered to have originated from cyanobacteria through endosymbiosis. This was first suggested by Mereschkowsky in 1905 after an observation by Schimper in 1883 that chloroplasts closely resemble cyanobacteria. All chloroplasts are thought to derive directly or indirectly from a single endosymbiotic event, except for Paulinella chromatophora, which has recently acquired a photosynthetic cyanobacterial endosymbiont which is not closely related to chloroplasts of other eukaryotes. In that they derive from an endosymbiotic event, chloroplasts are similar to mitochondria, but chloroplasts are found only in plants and protista. The chloroplast is surrounded by a double-layered composite membrane with an intermembrane space , it has reticulations, or many infoldings, filling the inner spaces. The chloroplast has its own DNA, which codes for redox proteins involved in electron transport in photosynthesis; this is termed the plastome
ReplyDeleteAs Jimmy's father always said, "Jimmy, if you have to many bananas, one day you'll just turn into one." These sea slugs are actually turning into what they eat. I know what you're thinking, "That's impossible." But it's quite possible for this very unique sea slug. Chloroplasts aretiny organelles that are found usually, only in plants and their cells. Chloroplasts turn Carbon Dioxide and water into sugars with the help of some very important friends. These very important friends would be sunlight and chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a chemical that gives plants their green color. Many scientists featured in the article argue the point that the sea slugs actually "are what they eat". They say this because the slug has "adopted" the ability to have chloroplasts in its own cells from the algea that it eats. In other words, rather than digesting the chloroplasts, the sea slug brings it into its cells. Because of this, it is able to make its own energy. So, maybe one day Jimmy will become a banana and be able to eat himself until he dies, which may not be too long in his case.
ReplyDeleteWow,so technically speaking would this be called mutation because its taking the DNA and absorbing it and it becomes different. Chloroplast is an organelle that is found only in plants but in this case an animal as well. Chloroplast takes in sunlight and converts water and carbon dioxide into food for the plant and the sea slug. Chlorophyll is the thing that gives the plants it's green color. It is also used up during the process of photosynthesis. I think that scientist said that sea slugs become what they eat because they actually do. They eat the algae and they basically become part plant in a way. why does this only happen to this type of sea slug or any other animal that eats algae.
ReplyDeleteChloroplast is an organelle found only it plant cells. Chloroplast contains chlorophyll and is where photosynthesis occurs. Chlorophyll uses sunlight to turn water and Carbon dioxide into sugar. Chlorophyll gives plants their green color. The scientists are saying these sea slugs are what they eat because they eat strands of algae. The algae uses chlorophyll, and the scientists are saying the slugs are stealing it from the plants. The slugs look like leaves now backing up the phrase "you are what you eat."
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are tiny structures found in plant cells. They capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy. This process is called, photosynthesis. Within the tiny structure, it contains the green pigment chlorophyll. They chlorophyll helps trap sunlight to perform photosynthesis. Scientists say that sea slugs "are what they eat". They eat the algae strands which chloroplasts are absorbed. From this, they have learned to produce their own chlorophyll. Sea slugs are really becoming what they eat.
ReplyDeleteThe seal slug is a phenomenal creature, and quite unique. The sea slug got tis green color from chlorophyll, this could be known as the "fuel" for them. They produce a thing called chloroplasts.(chloroplasts use chlorophyll) chloroplasts are organelles in both plant and animal cells. Just a sufficient amount more in plant cells. The sea slug can make their own food from from sunlight, just like plants. This would be called phtosynthesis.
ReplyDeleteIn class we are learning about all the organelles in plant and animal cells. This article is about the Elysia, a new species of sea slug. This animal has chlorophyll in its cells. Chlorophyll is only found in plants, but it is found in this new species. Sydney K. Pierce, a biologist, thinks that this could be a fusion of a plant and an animal. Just like plants, these animals can turn photosynthesize. The chloroplasts that these animals have in their body turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar using sunlight and chlorophyll.
ReplyDeleteChloroplast organelles that are found in plant cells. Chlorophyll is in chloroplast that give a plant it's green color. Chloroplast helps a plant change water and Carbon Dioxide into energy as a form of photosynthesis. Scientists think that sea slugs "are what they eat" because they have absorbed the chlorophyll into there cells to help them generate food. They have also absorbed my other aspects of plants, such as the chloroplast. These sea slugs eat algae that help them survive and give them the chlorophyll for there cells.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells that capture energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy in a process called photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in chloroplasts, and plays an important role in photosynthesis. In the article, it talked about Elysia chlorotica sea slugs becoming what they are eating. These sea slugs eats by sucking the insides out of strands of algae. They have the right tools in order to turn sunlight into food. Through recent studies, scientists have discovered that these sea slugs have also"stolen" the recipe for learning how to make chlorophyll. Now, they are acting like their food. Instead of digesting the chloroplasts in the algae, they absorb it in their cells. They can also make their own chlorophyll (by "stealing" the genes in the algae) and produce food through photosynthesis. In conclusion, the Elysia chlorotica sea slugs are becoming what they eat. I think it's really cool how an animal can also be similar to a plant!
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A type of sea slug called The Elysia chlorotica dwells under the sea. These plant-like creatures nourish on the inside strands of algae. The Elsia chlorotica actually look like plants, the food they eat and they act like one. They have the tools to turn sunlight into food thanks to the wonderful process of photosynthesis. When the slug eats the plant, it separates the chloroplasts and absorbs them into their own cells. Like plants, hidden deep inside the genes of these slugs are the recipe for photosynthesis.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are some of the organelles found in most plant cells. Chloroplast uses the sunlight and the chemical chlorophyll to turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar, otherwise known as photosynthesis. Sea Slugs are slugs that eat algae. An algae contains chloroplast, and when sea slugs eat the algae, they do not fully digest the chloroplast; therefore they “steal” it. When sea slugs contain that chloroplast, they obtain the skill to turn sunlight into food. In other words, sea slugs become the algae they eat by “stealing” the algae’s chloroplast.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are a type of organelle structure found in plant cells. Chlorophyll is a chemical that gives leaves their color. Chloroplasts change carbon dioxide/water into sugar by sunlight and chlorophyll (photosynthesis). Chlorophyll captures sunlight. Scientists say sea slugs "are what they eat" because they can produce chlorophyll by themselves (like their food). Sea slugs eat plants that contain chlorophyll and chloroplasts. Basically, they sort of use their own form of photosynthesis in order to create their food.
ReplyDeleteA chloroplast is a organelle in a cell that turns sunlight into chlorophyll using photosynthesis. They are found in plant cells. Chlorophyll is the chemical that makes green plants green. The chlorophyll make sugar in photosynthesis. The scientists say these sea slugs are what they eat because these sea slugs eat these plants with chloroplasts that make chlorophyll. These slugs take this chlorophyll and use it themselves making them what they eat.
ReplyDeleteUntil recently, plants were thought to be the only organisms that have chloroplasts in their cells. Because of a recently discovery, we now know there is an animal that does as well: the sea slug, Elysia Chlorotica.
ReplyDeleteIn plants, chloroplasts are organelles found in the plant cells that conduct photosynthesis. During photosynthesis, chlorophyll, the substance that gives plants their green color, use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar.
Scientists use the expression, "you are what you eat" because the slugs have taken part of the genetic information from the food they eat, algae which contains chlorophyll, and put it to good use. They are, in a sense, half-plant, half-animal as they defy the usual rules of organelle organization.
This article is about Elysia chlorotica, a slug with unique features. It has been known to get chloroplasts from eating algae, and to use them for photosynthesis, like coral. Chloroplasts are organelles in plant cells that use chlorophyll, a green pigment, to turn CO2, H2O, and light into oxygen and food in a process known as photosynthesis. Now, research shows that not only have these plants taken chloroplasts from algae, but the genes responsible for producing chloroplasts and chlorophyll are now in these slugs nucleus from eating plants. They can now independently perform photosynthesis. By eating plants, Elysia chlorotica have become like plants. After all, you are what you eat.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are membrane bound organelles that use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into food energy. They also contain chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a chemical that all plants contain that gives them their green colour. Scientists say that these slugs "are what they eat" because the slugs ingest an algae that contain chloroplasts. This allowing the slugs to use the chlorophyll contained in the algae for themselves. Although some may call this "a fusion of a plant and animal", it may just be the "lifestyle" that these slugs were made to support.
ReplyDeleteThe thing about this article is that it says that a sea slug has plant cells and animal cells. Some scientist found out that it has chlorophyll, and chlorophyll can produces sugar by using sunlight. So now the slug can produce its own food. Chlorophyll is the thing that leafes have to change colors. The slug eats plants so when they say you are what you eat. the slug is literary what it eats.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are organelles that are found only in plant cells. They capture energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy that the cell can use, which is called photosynthesis. The chloroplast uses chlorophyll to turn carbon dioxide, and water, into sugar, and it also gives off the green color that appears in plants. Scientists say that the sea slugs "are what they eat" because sea slugs suck all of the strands of algae, and they have the ability to make the chemical chlorophyll, and not just steal it away.
ReplyDeleteA chloroplast is an organelle that can be found in plant cells and in other organisms that capture energy from sunlight and converts in into energy through a process called photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is a chemical that is a natural dye and gives plants and leaves their color. Scientist says that sea slugs are what they eat. They say this because slugs eat algae they are eating chloroplasts; Slugs have gained the trait of the algae that makes because it makes up their diets.
ReplyDeleteA Chloroplast is a membranous sac plastid that contains chlorophyll and other pigments and is the place where photosynthesis occurs within the cells of plants and algae. Chlorophyll is the pigment in plants that captures the light energy required for photosynthesis.Scientists say you are what you eat because the slugs have taken part of the genetic information from the food they eat, algae, which contains chlorophyll, and put it to good use. They are half-plant, half-animal as they go agaisnt the usual rules of organelle organization.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are structures inside cells. They turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar using sunlight and chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is what makes the plants green.
ReplyDeleteScientists say that sea slugs are what they eat because there is a great similarity between the plants that the slugs eat and the plants themselves. Both are equipped with the correct chemical tools to turn sunlight into food (photosynthesis) as well as possessing the ability to create chlorophyll. They are highly similar that the slug is almost acting like the plant it is eating.
A chloroplast is a structure found only in plant cells. These organelles use the sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar and energy for the plant. They also use chlorophll. When chloroplast uses chlorophll, this process is called photosynthesis. The sea slugs eat the inside of algae in oreder to get there own energy. Although a recent report from a biologist named Sidney K. Pierce that not only do the slugs steal the energy from the algae but they also foundout how to make their own chlorophyll, meaning that they can now make there own food. This is very intresting and awesome becuase the slug wouldn't need to go find food for it's self, now they can just sit under the sun make make it on it's own back.
ReplyDeleteWhat is a chloroplast? What is chlorophyll? What do they do? Explain why the scientists say the sea slugs "are what they eat?"
ReplyDeleteA chloroplast is an organelle that is found in plant cells. It is where the process of photosynthesis is taken place. Each plant cell has 30 or more chloroplasts. Chlorophyll is a molecule that absorbs sunlight &uses its energy to synthesise carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water. I think they say the sea slugs "are what they eat" because they use their own type of photosynthesis to create sugar.
A chloroplast is an orginelle usually found in plant cells.Choroplasts whith the help of chlorophyll convert the suns energy so that its useable in the cell. It is very odd that these slugs cloroplasts and chlorophyll Because both are usually only found in plants. This gives a whole new meaning to "you are what you eat" because the slugs are slowly becoming more plant like(their food).
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts is the part of the cell that helps plants cells and process their food from the sun light. Which for a plant is important because they need to be able to make photosynthesis in order to break down the sugar that they get and make energy. NOw with this slug its deferent because it doesn't make the chlorophyll it eats it and gains its green color. So it eats what it is. Because the slug eats this green algae this is how they live to support their lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are the parts of cells that help process plant cell foods, from the sun light.They do this to keep alive, it is also known as Photosynthesis. They need photosynthesis to process there sugar for energy. This sea slug has a different process, instead of making chlorophyll it digests it. Digesting the chlorophyll actually makes it the same color as what it eats, mostly green. That is the reason the scientist say it is what it eats, because of the chlorophyll. The scientist say it can live for a year without eating. The reason is it actually creates chloroplast and eats chlorophyll particles. I hope that won't happen to me!
ReplyDeleteChloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells. They give the plant it's green coloring. They are also vital in the process of photosynthesis, in turning energy from sunlight into chemical energy. Recent experiments have shown that a certain type of sea slug eats chlorophyll. Not only can it live without eating for a year, but it becomes the same color as the chlorophyll it ingests.
ReplyDeleteChloropasts are used in plant cells. They are used in the process of photosynthesis to convert light into chemical energy. They also give the plant its green colot. Recently, scientists have shown that there is a certin sea slug that eats chlorophyll. It can also live without eating for a whole year and turns the color of the chlorophyll it eats.
ReplyDeleteChloroplast are organelles that are found in plant cells and other organisms that use the process of photosynthesis to get their energy. Chlorophyll is a pigment that captures the sunlight itself. Scientists say that sea slugs “are what they eat” because make chlorophyll by themselves just like what they eat..algae. Through this, they use photosynthesis to make their own food.
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