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There is a clear division of labour within the chloroplast because:

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Thylakoid membrane is responsible for producing sugars and stroma for trapping light energy

Light reactions occur in stroma and dark reactions in grana

Thylakoid membrane is responsible for trapping light energy and stroma for producing sugars

Light reactions occur in stroma and dark reactions in cytoplasm

answer is 3.

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Within the chloroplast there is membranous system consisting of grana, the stroma lamellae, and the stroma. There is a clear division of labour within the chloroplast. The membrane system is responsible for trapping the light energy and also for the synthesis of ATP and NADPH+H+. In stroma, enzymatic reactions synthesize sugar, which in turn forms starch.

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