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Diagram of a chloroplast showing its structure, including the outer and inner membranes, stroma, thylakoids stacked into grana, stroma lamellae, lumen, and intermembrane space.

Diagram showing chemiosmosis in chloroplasts during photosynthesis, with protons moving across the thylakoid membrane through ATP synthase to produce ATP from ADP and phosphate, and a labeled chloroplast structure.

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Illustration comparing three cell types: a round animal cell and an irregularly shaped plant cell, both showing labeled organelles, and an elongated bacteria cell with labeled structures such as flagella and capsule.

Side-by-side labeled diagrams of a typical animal cell and a plant cell, showing internal structures such as nucleus, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, and unique features like chloroplasts and cell wall in the plant cell.

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