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=** Introduction **= toc Imagine yourself, walking outside noticing the rows of bushes and trees. The green leaves coming out of the sides, top and bottom. Bugs and dirt hanging off of some and others bare and clean. Some dead. Some alive. However that's only the outside of the plant, that’s what can be seen from a far glance from the other side of your yard. When you really study a plant, looking at all characteristics of it, you´ll see that there’s more to a plant then you thought. Plant cells. Plant cells are little cells covering the entire plant. These plant cells control many things. They help plants grow using photosynthesis for energy to make them grow, photosynthesis is the process that provides food for the plant to help grow and be healthy.

=** Plant Cells Function (Photosynthesis) **= Just like us plants need food, water and energy to generate themselves. To accomplish this task, plants use [|__photosynthesis__] . Photosynthesis is when plants use the sun to make food to produce energy for the plants. Inside the plant is a small organism (single celled living thing, animal or plant cell) entitled chloroplasts, which is where this process takes place. A chloroplast is the structure inside of a plant cell that enforces photosynthesis. Chloroplasts contains a green substance called chlorophyll, chlorophyll is what collects the light to give energy for photosynthesis. This whole process occurs when the plant is exposed to sunlight and the light triggers the electrons passing through each molecule until hitting the chlorophyll which begins photosynthesis.

=** Plant Cells Structures **= Plant cells include multiple structures that only these cells posses including a cell wall, one large vacuole and chloroplasts. The [|__vacuole__] is a large storage center where things such as food, nutrients (something that gives off life and growth) and waste products are stored. Which is why the vacuole is mainly referred to as the storage center. The cell wall is another example of a structure that other cells don’t provide. The cell wall plays a very important role in the plant cell production. The cell wall is the wall around the cell that protects and supports the plant cell. Chloroplasts are another structure that only plant cells maintain. They are the structure that basically controls the photosynthesis process, as well as chlorophyll which is the green substance that begins the whole process.

=**Effect On Humans**=

You wouldn’t really expect plant cells to [|effect humans] that much, but really they actually have a big impact on us, in more than just one way. Photosynthesis has a lot to do with humans, photosynthesis makes food and energy which keeps the plants alive. The plants can then be eaten by animals or humans which is going to keep them alive. This is also known as the [|__food chain.__] The food chain is a bunch of organisms that are relying on the source above them to provide them with food. It begins with the energy source which is the sun giving off energy to other living things and it goes up to the producer which is plants like grass. Then there is the primary consumer(herbivores) which are animals and insects like rabbits and grasshoppers which eat the plants. Then the secondary consumers(carnivores and omnivores) eat the primary consumers. For instance a fox (secondary) would eat a rabbit (primary). Then the tertiary consumer eats the secondary consumers and these consumers are often referred to as carnivores meaning they only eat secondary consumers (carnivores) for example a lion(tertiary) would eat a fox (secondary). The dead areas of plants and animals are then broken down by what is called a decomposer. The decomposers are organisms such as fungi and bacteria.

=** Conclusion **= When you think about plants, you don’t really think much of them. When really you should because they are helping us in so many ways. Being a food source and playing a really big part in the food chain. They have structures that other cells don’t have, as well as functions, photosynthesis and the food chain. They really are an important cell even if you don’t notice it on the outside.

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