Question

Which best describes why plant cells have chloroplasts and animal cells do not?

A.
Plant cells need chloroplasts to make protein because most plants cannot move to get protein on their own.

B.
Plants cells need chloroplasts to move materials in and out of the cell because most plant cells do not contain a cell membrane.

C.
Plant cells need chloroplasts to make food because most plants cannot move to get food on their own.

D.
Plant cells need chloroplasts to make DNA because most plant cells do not contain a nucleus.

Answer 1

C. Plant cells need chloroplasts to make food because most plants cannot move to get food on their own.

Chloroplasts carry out photosynthesis (using chlorophyll to convert sunlight, CO2 and water into glucose), so plants produce their own food; animals obtain food by consuming other organisms and therefore lack chloroplasts.