☀️ CHLOROPLASTS: SUN TRAP
PAGE 1 OF 5 — THE GREEN MACHINES
THE HOOK
MEET THE SUN TRAPS
Deep inside plant and algae cells float tiny green organelles called chloroplasts. They are nature's solar panels, turning sunlight into stored chemical energy. Without them, there would be no green forests, no seaweed forests in the sea, and no sugar built from thin air. Every salad leaf and every blade of grass owes its life to these microscopic sun traps.
⚡ DID YOU KNOW?
A single leaf can hold dozens to hundreds of chloroplasts. Packed together, they give plants their green colour and catch as much sunlight as the leaf can use.
GREEN!
WHERE
🌱 Found in plant cells and algae cells
🚫 Animal cells do not have chloroplasts
🚫 Animal cells do not have chloroplasts
WHY GREEN
🟢 Chlorophyll gives them their green colour
☀️ Chlorophyll captures light energy from the Sun
☀️ Chlorophyll captures light energy from the Sun