Chloroplasts: making food from light
Why?
Chloroplasts are the green parts of plant cells that use sunlight to make sugar.
Sunbeams hit green chloroplasts in a leaf cell and little sugar cubes pop out of them one after another.
Press the button to shine sunlight on a leaf cell and watch it make sugar.
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A plant kept in a dark cupboard turns pale yellow, then is moved to the window and its leaves turn green again as chloroplasts grow.
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Worked example
A plant is left in a dark cupboard for two weeks. What happens to its leaves?