The story for kids
A chloroplast. Chloroplasts are the green bits inside a cell. They catch sunlight and make sweet sugar. See the yellow sparkles? That's the sugar they're making!
Facts
- Chloroplasts are the green specks inside a cell.
- They catch sunlight and make sweet sugar.
- See the yellow sparkles? That's the sugar they make.
Numbers
- Size
- ~0.005 mm
- Color
- Green
- Does
- Sugar from light
For grown-ups
The chloroplast is an organelle of the plant cell whose membranes contain chlorophyll. Here, light energy is converted into chemical energy, and glucose is made from carbon dioxide and water. Chloroplasts have their own DNA.