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How Plants Make Food-
Photosynthesis

How Plants Make Food- Photosynthesis

 

 

A leaf has chlorophyll.

Chlorophyll makes the leaf green.

 

 

The sun shines on a leaf.

The sunlight turns the gas and water in the leaf into food for the plant.

 

 

The food is called glucose.

Glucose is a kind of sugar.

The sugar is is food for the plant.

 

 

This is called photosynthesis.

 

Photosynthesis is how the sun helps the plant make food for itself!