- Kelp leaves can grow up to 50 cm a day.
- Kelp can grow 300 feet in one year!
- Kelp forms dense canopies up to 35 meters above the seabed.
- Most of us eat kelp regularly, by consuming ice-cream or jelly.
Products made from kelp are used to thicken these foods, and other products like toothpaste.
- Kelps found on the Atlantic coast of the U.S. are much smaller than those found in the Pacific waters.
Labled Kelp Diagram:
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