What is chlorophyll? (3rd grade)

Chorophyll is a green substance that traps the sunlight.

So, chlorophyll makes the leaves green.
You can do a simple experiment to see it (with adult supervision):

1. Put a leaf in a jar with some alcohol:

2. Wait for a while and see what happens:

3. Wait some more time (hours), remove the leaf and observe its colour:

Now we can see what colour the leaf would be without chlorophyll.