The story for kids
This is a chloroplast, a plant's solar battery. Chloroplasts are only in plant cells. They make sugar from sunlight, water, and air, and that's how the plant gets its food. They're the reason leaves are green.
Facts
- Chloroplasts are found only in plant cells.
- They make sugar from sunlight, water and air.
- They are the reason leaves are green.
Numbers
- Size
- ~0.005 mm
- Lives in
- In plant cells
- Job
- Makes food from light