Question

_______________ is the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast. Within this fluid are grana, stacks of thylakoids, the sub-organelles, the daughter cells, where photosynthesis is commenced before the chemical changes are completed.

a) Stroma
b) Matrix
c) Cytosol
d) Lumen

Answer 1

The stroma is the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast, where the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis occur.

Step-by-step explanation:

The colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast is known as the stroma. The stroma is the fluid-filled space that surrounds the thylakoid stacks or grana in the chloroplast. It is in the stroma where the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis take place.