Plants have cells that contain chlorplasts. Why must their cells contain mitochondria as well?
The chlorophylls inside chloroplasts absorb sunlight, but the sunlight needs to be converted to chemical energy, which are made in the mitochondria.
Answered by kgb agent Donn D on Sunday, March 11 2012 at 10:36PM EDT
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