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Bill was a fourth-year student at the local university, and was studying agriculture. He knew a couple students who were doing research in plant physiology and toxicity, and thought he might ask them what they thought. One of his friends thought his professor might be able to help, so Bill emailed the professor asking for help. After a week, he heard back. The professor wanted him to bring in a sample. When he brought by the sample, he didn't realize he was signing up for more work: the professor paired him up with a new graduate student, Fernando, and told them to figure it out. Fernando had a couple of ideas, and they began their testing. Their first goal was to examine the plant tissues under a microscope using special stains for chloroplasts. The chloroplasts were definitely damaged, and much of the tissue was dead.

1. What cellular process occurs in the chloroplast?

2. What would happen to a plant that could not perform this process? Be as specific as possible.