Sunday, February 26, 2012

Yeah, I think I could be a chloroplast.

If I could be any organelle in a cell, I would choose to be a chloroplast. Not only are the only found in plants (and some types of algae) but they are unique in the fact that they are the only thing in the world that creates sugar. Although every cell uses sugar, every organism except plants must obtain the sugar from, well, plants. Being a chloroplast wouldn't be all that bad either. All I would need to do is hang out in the sun all day and make sugar for the rest of my cell. Yes, I would be working, but it's not too complicated. I simply utilize the carbon dioxide in the air and combine it with water to make glucose. That's only two ingredients I'd have to remember. I think I could do that.