photosynthesis Crossword Puzzles

Photosynthesis 2021-03-03

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. BB
  2. II
  3. HH
  4. CC
  5. DD
  6. PP
  7. FF
  8. MM
  9. KK
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  1. AA
  2. GG
  3. SS
  4. RR
  5. EE
  6. NN
  7. QQ
  8. TT
  9. JJ
  10. LL
  11. OO

20 Clues: AA • GG • SS • RR • EE • BB • II • HH • NN • QQ • TT • CC • JJ • DD • PP • LL • FF • OO • MM • KK

Photosynthesis 2020-10-30

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Chlorophyll absorbs every color except this
  2. energy needed for calvin cycle
  3. Organelle where photosynthesis takes place
  4. A compound needed for photosynthesis
  5. Part of the plant where photosynthesis occurs
  6. Source of energy for photosynthesis to occur
  7. light dependent reactions occur here
  8. The product of photosynthesis
  9. phase of photosynthesis the requires light
  10. The process by which plants produce sugar
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  1. include carbon dioxide, water and sunlight
  2. surround the stoma
  3. A compound needed for photosynthesis
  4. pores found on the bottom of leaves
  5. calvin cycle occurs here
  6. A plant pigment that absorbs light
  7. Number of molecules of oxygen produced
  8. glucose is an example of this macromolecule
  9. A by-product of photosynthesis
  10. phase of photosynthesis that occurs in dark
  11. include glucose and oxygen

21 Clues: surround the stoma • calvin cycle occurs here • include glucose and oxygen • The product of photosynthesis • energy needed for calvin cycle • A by-product of photosynthesis • A plant pigment that absorbs light • pores found on the bottom of leaves • A compound needed for photosynthesis • A compound needed for photosynthesis • light dependent reactions occur here • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-03-15

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. water may enter plant cells, but the cells do not burst. what structured the plant cells have that stops them bursting
  2. factors that restrict the rate of photosynthesis
  3. the process by which water enters the roots of a plant
  4. this large structure in plant cells stores sap
  5. these biological catalysts control the reactions in photosynthesis
  6. where proteins are synthesized inside a cell
  7. increasing the temperature too much can actually stop photosynthesis. this is due to the enzymes being affected. what happens to the enzymes at high temperatures
  8. the missing key limiting factor form this list, light, carbon dioxide and ...
  9. plants carry out photosynthesis when there is light. What process do the carry out all the time
  10. tissue that transports water and minerals
  11. the sugar made in photosynthesis
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  1. a mineral need to make chlorophyll in plants
  2. this is the organelle where photosynthesis occurs
  3. the green pigment that absorbs light energy
  4. the variable that is changed in an investigation
  5. the process by which minerals are often absorbed from the soil
  6. the energy that drives the process of photosynthesis
  7. a mineral needed to help make proteins in plants
  8. photosynthesis takes in energy from the surroundings, so it is described as this type of reaction
  9. to calculate the rate of photosynthesis, we can count the number of bubbles being produced, but what other measurement would be needed to work out the rate
  10. a storage sugar in photosynthesis
  11. a tissue that transports sugars in plants
  12. glucose is used to make this substance that strengthens the cell wall

23 Clues: the sugar made in photosynthesis • a storage sugar in photosynthesis • a tissue that transports sugars in plants • tissue that transports water and minerals • the green pigment that absorbs light energy • a mineral need to make chlorophyll in plants • where proteins are synthesized inside a cell • this large structure in plant cells stores sap • ...

photosynthesis 2021-11-19

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. vascular bundle
  2. three words
  3. phosphoglycerate
  4. chloroplast site
  5. electron carrier in plants
  6. glycolate
  7. light reactions
  8. makes things
  9. where calvin cycle occurs
  10. outer protection of plant
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  1. use energy
  2. stacks
  3. site of photosyth
  4. ps
  5. an accessory pigment
  6. st
  7. fixes C02 in ine Calvin Cycle
  8. where light reactions occur
  9. n
  10. ribulose biphosphate

20 Clues: n • ps • st • stacks • glycolate • use energy • three words • makes things • vascular bundle • light reactions • phosphoglycerate • chloroplast site • site of photosyth • an accessory pigment • ribulose biphosphate • where calvin cycle occurs • outer protection of plant • electron carrier in plants • where light reactions occur • fixes C02 in ine Calvin Cycle

Photosynthesis 2022-02-02

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  1. This enzyme catalyzes the CO2-RuBP connection
  2. Photosynthesis & cellular respiration both make this energy molecule
  3. Both mitochondria and chloroplasts generated ATP via...
  4. The membrane of this structure is where the electron transport chain occurs
  5. This element is released by plants that conduct photosynthesis
  6. This is a plant's version of the mitochondrial matrix
  7. This color of light is the least effective for growing most plants
  8. The "synthesis" part of photosynthesis, it uses chemical energy to make sugars, proteins, and fats
  9. Subatomic particles that are "excited" by light energy, driving the entire photosynthesis process
  10. The organelles that conduct photosynthesis
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  1. A pair of Chlorophyll A molecules are found here
  2. The Calvin Cycle takes this molecule and makes sugar
  3. Metal atom found in the center of the chlorophyll molecule
  4. The electron transport chain generates a ... gradient which turns the ATP synthase motor
  5. Photosynthesis only makes this energy molecule
  6. The light reactions begin with this system first
  7. This molecule is split for its electrons
  8. The "photo" part of photosynthesis, where light energy is converted into chemical energy
  9. Green pigment that absorbs light energy
  10. These types of plants include jade and cacti, specialize in water conservation

20 Clues: Green pigment that absorbs light energy • This molecule is split for its electrons • The organelles that conduct photosynthesis • This enzyme catalyzes the CO2-RuBP connection • Photosynthesis only makes this energy molecule • A pair of Chlorophyll A molecules are found here • The light reactions begin with this system first • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-02-28

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  1. Liquid inside the chloroplast.
  2. The site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis.
  3. Helps to fuel the reactions that occur in the second stage.
  4. Organisms that must get food from other sources.
  5. Responsible for collecting sunlight.
  6. Directly involved in light reactions.
  7. Converting CO2 and water to sugar using sunlight.
  8. Means to create.
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  1. The primary source of energy for cells.
  2. Can be reflected or absorbed.18
  3. Organisms able to make their own food.
  4. Means light.
  5. Enzyme-assisted reactions that produce a three-carbon sugar.
  6. Made of many colors on the visible spectrum.
  7. Compounds that absorb light.
  8. Capture energy from sunlight.
  9. Other accessory pigments.
  10. When phosphate is removed from ATP.
  11. Carbon from CO2 is converted to sugars.
  12. Helps capture sunlight accessory pigment.

20 Clues: Means light. • Means to create. • Other accessory pigments. • Compounds that absorb light. • Capture energy from sunlight. • Liquid inside the chloroplast. • Can be reflected or absorbed.18 • When phosphate is removed from ATP. • Responsible for collecting sunlight. • Directly involved in light reactions. • Organisms able to make their own food. • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-03-01

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. formula
  2. carbon converted to sugars
  3. converting co2 and water to sugar using sunlight
  4. light
  5. process that create sugar
  6. produced when electrons are added
  7. rate of photosynthesis goes up with more light but will max out
  8. get own food
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  1. absorbs energy from sun
  2. other accessary pigments
  3. collect sunlight
  4. made of many colors on the visible spectrum
  5. inside chloroplast
  6. compounds that absorb light
  7. glucose/sugar formula
  8. thylakoids form stacks called
  9. make own food
  10. carbon formula
  11. can be reflected, transmitted, and absorbed
  12. three carbon molecules
  13. energy

21 Clues: light • energy • formula • get own food • make own food • carbon formula • collect sunlight • inside chloroplast • glucose/sugar formula • three carbon molecules • absorbs energy from sun • other accessary pigments • process that create sugar • carbon converted to sugars • compounds that absorb light • thylakoids form stacks called • produced when electrons are added • ...

Photosynthesis 2017-10-13

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 22
  4. 25
  5. 23
  6. 28
  7. 13
  8. 3
  9. 8
  10. 20
  11. 9
  12. 24
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  1. 15
  2. 17
  3. 6
  4. 26
  5. 16
  6. 5
  7. 14
  8. 11
  9. 10
  10. 19
  11. 21
  12. 2
  13. 29
  14. 18
  15. 27
  16. 7
  17. 4

29 Clues: 6 • 5 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 4 • 15 • 17 • 26 • 16 • 14 • 11 • 10 • 19 • 21 • 12 • 22 • 25 • 29 • 23 • 18 • 28 • 13 • 27 • 20 • 24

PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2019-02-11

PHOTOSYNTHESIS crossword puzzle
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  1. The apparatus that is used to compare results with the experiment
  2. An example of an ecosystem
  3. A statement based on an observation
  4. Colour of iodine solution
  5. A synonynm for "drying out"or "losing water"
  6. Tiny openings on the surface of a leaf
  7. Cellulose provides wood with support and ______
  8. Energy from the sun
  9. A waxy layer on the leaf surface
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  1. Gas produced during photosynthesis
  2. Used to remove a leaf from boiling water during the starch test
  3. A simple sugar formed by plants
  4. The organelle that stores the green pigment in plants
  5. Example of marine organisms that are capable of photosynthesis
  6. A specific area in which living and non-living things interact
  7. A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction
  8. Type of alcohol used in the starch test
  9. Reason for placing a pot plant in a dark cupboard for 24 hours
  10. Underground part of a plant that stores starch
  11. The apparatus that has a wire gauze mat on top

20 Clues: Energy from the sun • Colour of iodine solution • An example of an ecosystem • A simple sugar formed by plants • A waxy layer on the leaf surface • Gas produced during photosynthesis • A statement based on an observation • Tiny openings on the surface of a leaf • Type of alcohol used in the starch test • A synonynm for "drying out"or "losing water" • ...

Photosynthesis 2019-10-24

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. made of stacks of thylakoids
  2. phosphorylation involving PS1 and PS11
  3. splitting water in the presence of light
  4. making ATP in the presence of light
  5. reflects yellow and orange light
  6. grey pigment
  7. a mixture of pigments
  8. flattened membrane bound sac
  9. number of cycles of the Calvin cycle to regenerate RuBP
  10. fluid filled matrix of the chloroplast
  11. enzyme which fixes carbon to RuBP
  12. made from GP
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  1. cycle where carbon dioxide is fixed
  2. reflects yellow light
  3. enzyme that catalyses reduction of NADP
  4. method to separate coloured pigments
  5. enzyme that catalyses the production of ATP through channels in the thylakoid membrane
  6. system of photosynthetic pigments in the thylakoid membrane
  7. phosphorylation involving PS11 only
  8. protein-iron-sulphur complex accepts electrons from PS1
  9. point where photosynthesis and respiration proceed at the same rate
  10. first 3 carbon compound formed when carbon dioxide has been fixed

22 Clues: grey pigment • made from GP • reflects yellow light • a mixture of pigments • made of stacks of thylakoids • flattened membrane bound sac • reflects yellow and orange light • enzyme which fixes carbon to RuBP • cycle where carbon dioxide is fixed • phosphorylation involving PS11 only • making ATP in the presence of light • method to separate coloured pigments • ...

Photosynthesis 2012-09-07

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Thylakoids stack on top of each other to form what?
  2. A molecule which is constantly recycled between the light-dependant and the light-independant reactions by condensation and hydrolysis reactions. (abbreiviated)
  3. The addition of a phosphate molecule to ADP occurs in 3 ways: Oxidative phosphorylation, Substrate-level phosphorylation and ................
  4. In what part of the choloroplasts does the light-independant stage of photosynthesis take place?
  5. Loss of electrons, loss of hydrogen or gain of oxygen.
  6. A limiting factor for photosynthesis.
  7. This is formed in the Calvin Cycle when glycerate 3-phosphate is reduced by ATP and NADP. (no space)
  8. Gain of electrons, gain of hydrogen or loss of oxygen.
  9. The number of cycles the light-independant reaction must do to form one six-carbon glucose molecule.
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  1. Another name for he light-independant reaction. (no space)
  2. The only unused byproduct of the light-dependant reaction.
  3. This molecule reacts twice in one cycle of the light-independant reaction. (abbreviated)
  4. The light-dependant stage of photosynthesis take place in this part of the chloroplasts.
  5. In the light-dependant reaction two water molecules are split into four electrons, one oxygen molecule and four ........
  6. ATP is used to provide energy to change the shape of carrier protiens in plasma membranes, allowing molecules or ions to move against the concentration gradient. What is this process? (no space)
  7. If all other limiting factors are at optimum levels, andcarbon dioxide levels change from 0.04% to 0.1%, what will happen to the rate of photosynthesis in a near by plant?
  8. The only non-recycled product of the light-independant reaction.
  9. The topic on which this crossword is based.
  10. ATP stands for .......... triphosphate
  11. Gas exchange in and out of the leaf occurs through this type of cell.

20 Clues: A limiting factor for photosynthesis. • ATP stands for .......... triphosphate • The topic on which this crossword is based. • Thylakoids stack on top of each other to form what? • Loss of electrons, loss of hydrogen or gain of oxygen. • Gain of electrons, gain of hydrogen or loss of oxygen. • Another name for he light-independant reaction. (no space) • ...

Photosynthesis 2014-02-02

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. used by mitochondria in leaves
  2. Ion necessary for the production of ATP
  3. A particle of light
  4. A term used to describe photosynthetic organisms
  5. Small pigment-containing cell organelles only found in photoautotrophs
  6. Group of biomolecules to which the main product of photosynthesis belongs
  7. Cells that control gas exchange in the leaf
  8. Factor affecting photosynthesis
  9. Waste product of Pathway 2
  10. Carried into the dark phase as raw material for glucose manufacture
  11. characteristic of Pathway 2 of the Light-dependent stage
  12. A destination for oxygen released during the light phase
  13. Raw material for photosynthesis
  14. Layer of leaf tissue with the highest density of chloroplasts
  15. These small spheres of oxygen are counted during photosynthesis experiments
  16. The charge on an electron
  17. Controlled by guard cells
  18. Aquatic plant whose common name is pond weed
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  1. The final destination of excited electrons in Pathway 1 of the light-dependent stage
  2. Carrier of electrons into the Light-dependent phase
  3. Disc-shaped membranes in chloroplasts
  4. Granules often found in chloroplasts
  5. The addition of a phosphate to ADP forming ATP
  6. This molecule is fixed during photosynthesis
  7. Cellular site of the dark phase
  8. Element necessary for chlorophyll function
  9. The pathway in which water is split
  10. During photosynthesis, one molecule of this is produced for every 6 molecules of carbon dioxide
  11. The splitting of water using light energy
  12. Process by which CO2 enters the chloroplast
  13. A hydrogen ion
  14. Energy source of the Light phase
  15. Term used to describe energised electrons
  16. Short-term cellular energy store

34 Clues: A hydrogen ion • A particle of light • The charge on an electron • Controlled by guard cells • Waste product of Pathway 2 • used by mitochondria in leaves • Cellular site of the dark phase • Factor affecting photosynthesis • Raw material for photosynthesis • Energy source of the Light phase • Short-term cellular energy store • The pathway in which water is split • ...

Photosynthesis 2014-02-13

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. This gives power to the Calvin Cycle by giving electrons.
  2. A type of organism that needs to consume something else to energy and nutrition.
  3. There are two of these steps, and II comes before I and they are processes within the Light Dependent Reactions.
  4. The most principal pigment in chloroplasts.
  5. These reactions (stage I) need sunlight to produce ATP and NADPH.
  6. The last PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound).
  7. Light-absorbing molecules.
  8. The stacks of chlorophyll in the chloroplasts.
  9. This is the compound before RuBP at the end of the Calvin Cycle.
  10. A type of organism that makes its own food.
  11. Has several names (Stage II, Light Independent Reactions, Dark Reactions) where the final goal is to produce sugar.
  12. The extra space within the chloroplast, but between the thylakoids; also where the Calvin Cycle takes place.
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  1. The second COMPOUND in the Calvin Cycle after RuBP.
  2. The second overall PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound).
  3. The COMPOUND that comes after phosphoglycerate receives a phosphate group from ATP.
  4. The overall process when plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce sugar and oxygen.
  5. How many phosphates does ATP have?
  6. The first overall PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound).
  7. A chemical compound responsible that is an energy source, also gives a phosphate to phosphoglycerate in the Calvin Cycle.
  8. How many phosphates does ADP have?
  9. The very first compound found WITHIN the Calvin Cycle, also the ending point.
  10. The main cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place.

22 Clues: Light-absorbing molecules. • How many phosphates does ATP have? • How many phosphates does ADP have? • The most principal pigment in chloroplasts. • A type of organism that makes its own food. • The stacks of chlorophyll in the chloroplasts. • The second COMPOUND in the Calvin Cycle after RuBP. • The last PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound). • ...

Photosynthesis 2014-02-13

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. The very first compound found WITHIN the Calvin Cycle, also the ending point.
  2. The most principal pigment in chloroplasts.
  3. A type of organism that makes its own food.
  4. There are two of these steps, and II comes before I and they are processes within the Light Dependent Reactions.
  5. The main cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place.
  6. Has several names (Stage II, Light Independent Reactions, Dark Reactions) where the final goal is to produce sugar.
  7. These reactions (stage I) need sunlight to produce ATP and NADPH.
  8. The stacks of chlorophyll in the chloroplasts.
  9. The second overall PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound).
  10. How many phosphates does ATP have?
  11. The extra space within the chloroplast, but between the thylakoids; also where the Calvin Cycle takes place.
  12. How many phosphates does ADP have?
  13. This gives power to the Calvin Cycle by giving electrons.
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  1. The COMPOUND that comes after phosphoglycerate receives a phosphate group from ATP.
  2. The second COMPOUND in the Calvin Cycle after RuBP.
  3. A chemical compound responsible that is an energy source, also gives a phosphate to phosphoglycerate in the Calvin Cycle.
  4. The overall process when plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce sugar and oxygen.
  5. The last PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound).
  6. The first overall PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound).
  7. A type of organism that needs to consume something else to energy and nutrition.
  8. Light-absorbing molecules.
  9. This is the compound before RuBP at the end of the Calvin Cycle.

22 Clues: Light-absorbing molecules. • How many phosphates does ATP have? • How many phosphates does ADP have? • The most principal pigment in chloroplasts. • A type of organism that makes its own food. • The stacks of chlorophyll in the chloroplasts. • The second COMPOUND in the Calvin Cycle after RuBP. • The last PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound). • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-11-29

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Plants, algae and some bacteria are able to make their own food, and they are called...
  2. During photorespiration,____________ is used instead of carbon dioxide.
  3. Jan Ingenhouz discovered that plants used ______ to release oxygen.
  4. Storage organelles for starch.
  5. Green pigment in plants.
  6. The sugar that leaves the Calvin Cycle.
  7. The products of the light reactions that are used in the light independent reactions.
  8. Discs where the light reactions take place.
  9. The first part of photosynthesis.
  10. Plants get carbon from...
  11. The enzyme that attaches carbon dioxide to RuBP.
  12. Energy of Motion.
  13. Stored energy.
  14. Infrared energy.
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  1. The place where water is split during the light reactions.
  2. Priestley discovered it.
  3. The earliest idea of how plants grew.
  4. Energy from the electrons is used to pump H+ ions from the ____ to the thylakoid space.
  5. The process that uses ATP synthase to make ATP.
  6. The collection of proteins between photosystem 2 and 1.
  7. Pores in leaves where water vapor, carbon dioxide, and oxygen pass through.
  8. The Calvin Cycle is also called_____ reactions.
  9. Energy in Coal.
  10. The electron carrier produced during the light reactions of photosynthesis.
  11. This kind of plant only opens their stomata at night.
  12. The Law of Conservation of Mass states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, but only...
  13. The 5-carbon molecule that helps begin the Calvin Cycle.
  14. How many molecules of carbon dioxide, water and oxygen occur in the equation for photosynthesis?
  15. The organelle responsible for capturing light energy.
  16. Air is mostly made of...

30 Clues: Stored energy. • Energy in Coal. • Infrared energy. • Energy of Motion. • Priestley discovered it. • Green pigment in plants. • Air is mostly made of... • Plants get carbon from... • Storage organelles for starch. • The first part of photosynthesis. • The earliest idea of how plants grew. • The sugar that leaves the Calvin Cycle. • Discs where the light reactions take place. • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-01-23

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. an organism that makes its own food
  2. process where organic compounds are formed by using ATP,NADPH,and CO2
  3. reaction that takes place within and across the membrane of the thylakoid
  4. stacks of coin shaped membrane enclosed compartments that contain proteins and chlorophyll
  5. environmental factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis
  6. supplies all the energy needed for life on earth indirectly or directly
  7. tiny holes in the leaves where carbon dioxide and oxygen enter and exit
  8. protein that uses energy from H+ to form ADP and ATP
  9. the opposite of photosynthesis
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  1. the starting materials in a chemical reaction
  2. reaction that takes place in the stroma of chloroplast
  3. the organelle where photosynthesis takes place
  4. gas released by plants
  5. the color pigment in chloroplasts
  6. process that captures sunlight for energy to make sugars that store chemical energy
  7. sacs in the chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll
  8. sugar made during photosynthesis
  9. dioxide CO2
  10. energy carrier made during photosynthesis
  11. fluid in the chloroplast that surrounds the area

20 Clues: dioxide CO2 • gas released by plants • the opposite of photosynthesis • sugar made during photosynthesis • the color pigment in chloroplasts • an organism that makes its own food • energy carrier made during photosynthesis • the starting materials in a chemical reaction • the organelle where photosynthesis takes place • fluid in the chloroplast that surrounds the area • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-10-06

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. takes CO2 and energy and makes sugar
  2. holds energy between phosphate bonds
  3. animals
  4. pigment of photosynthesis
  5. source of energy for life
  6. break down larger molecules
  7. inorganic carbon needed for Calvin cycle
  8. where light reactions take place
  9. uses potential energy to make ATP
  10. produced as a by product of photosynthesis
  11. where water splits
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  1. organelle of photosynthesis
  2. build larger molecules from smaller ones
  3. enzyme needed in Calvin cycle
  4. energy carrier
  5. region outside the thylakoid membrane
  6. all of a cell's chemical reactions
  7. create concentration gradient in thylakoid
  8. absorbs light energy
  9. make sugar from sunlight

20 Clues: animals • energy carrier • where water splits • absorbs light energy • make sugar from sunlight • pigment of photosynthesis • source of energy for life • organelle of photosynthesis • break down larger molecules • enzyme needed in Calvin cycle • where light reactions take place • uses potential energy to make ATP • all of a cell's chemical reactions • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-03-06

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Enzyme reponsible for creating ATP
  2. Use of Oxygen
  3. Primary photosynthetic pigment
  4. Regenerated at the end of the light independent stage
  5. Location of light dependent stage
  6. Part of PS which absorbs light
  7. Title of this crossword
  8. Light independent enzyme
  9. Light independent stage
  10. Creating of ATP using light
  11. Organism that photosynthesise
  12. Transport of H+ ions through membrane
  13. Source of H+ ions and Oxygen
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  1. Other photosynthetic pigments
  2. Location of light independent stage
  3. Between PSI and PSII
  4. Builds up at night
  5. Many plants are
  6. Product of light dependent stage
  7. First light harvestor
  8. Sugar made in light independent stage
  9. Made from GP
  10. Splitting of water with light
  11. Other Product of light dependent stage
  12. What happens to electrons when they encounter light
  13. Addition of carbon dioxide to RuBP

26 Clues: Made from GP • Use of Oxygen • Many plants are • Builds up at night • Between PSI and PSII • First light harvestor • Title of this crossword • Light independent stage • Light independent enzyme • Creating of ATP using light • Source of H+ ions and Oxygen • Other photosynthetic pigments • Splitting of water with light • Organism that photosynthesise • Primary photosynthetic pigment • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-02-23

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Used to form fatty acids
  2. Also known as adenosine triphosphate
  3. This helps create an electrochemical gradient that leads to the creation of ATP
  4. This is how co2 enters the plant
  5. used to rearrange molecules
  6. In a light reaction this is split apart
  7. contains thylakoids, grana, and a stroma and produces glucose for the plant cell
  8. Opening on backside of leaf that allows the exchange of gases
  9. one of the resources need to create PGAL
  10. provides the energy needed to drive the synthesis of the energy rich molecule ATP
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  1. sac like membranes that store chlorophyll and accessory pigments
  2. Cycle Is repeated 6 times to create glucose
  3. a protein complex a group of two or more proteins that is essential for the makeup of photosynthesis
  4. functions in energy transfer
  5. This is regenerated so that the cycle can continue
  6. a coenzyme that functions as a universal electron carrier
  7. Also known as simple sugar and is a product of co2 and RuBP
  8. a fluid filled space surrounding the grana
  9. The gas that the plant cell takes in
  10. light reactions require this
  11. This product is considered waste from photosynthesis
  12. Also known as Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

22 Clues: Used to form fatty acids • used to rearrange molecules • functions in energy transfer • light reactions require this • This is how co2 enters the plant • Also known as adenosine triphosphate • The gas that the plant cell takes in • In a light reaction this is split apart • one of the resources need to create PGAL • a fluid filled space surrounding the grana • ...

photosynthesis 2024-06-05

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. plants have a cell wall, chloroplasts and what other feature, not found in animal cells
  2. where does respiration take place
  3. what is another term for a biological catalyst
  4. where does photosynthesis occur inside a plant cell
  5. what property of starch makes it suitable as a storage sugar
  6. what process uses glucose to release energy
  7. name the missing limiting factor, carbon dioxide, light intensity and ?
  8. what gas is produced in photosynthesis
  9. what is the function of the cell wall
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  1. what tissue carries water and minerals
  2. what is the cell wall made from
  3. plants convert glucose into energy stores of fat and what else?
  4. photosynthesis takes in energy from the surroundings. what term describes such reactions
  5. what is the name of the green pigment in plants
  6. what gas is used in photosynthesis
  7. what tissue transports sugars
  8. what mineral ion is needed for making proteins
  9. what mineral ion is needed for making chlorophyll
  10. what will happen to enzymes at very high temperatures
  11. what form of energy drives the photosynthetic process
  12. what is stored in the vacuole

21 Clues: what tissue transports sugars • what is stored in the vacuole • what is the cell wall made from • where does respiration take place • what gas is used in photosynthesis • what is the function of the cell wall • what tissue carries water and minerals • what gas is produced in photosynthesis • what process uses glucose to release energy • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-09-30

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  1. Cycle - A series of biochemical reactions in the light-independent phase of photosynthesis that fixes carbon dioxide into organic compounds, ultimately producing glucose.
  2. - A green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy, primarily from the blue and red wavelengths, playing a crucial role in photosynthesis.
  3. - A gas produced as a byproduct of photosynthesis, released into the atmosphere, and essential for the respiration of most living organisms.
  4. Spectrum - The range of all types of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light, which is crucial for photosynthesis as plants absorb specific wavelengths.
  5. Reactions - Also known as the Calvin cycle, these reactions occur in the stroma and use ATP and NADPH to convert carbon dioxide into glucose.
  6. - A coenzyme that carries electrons and hydrogen ions, produced during the light-dependent reactions and used in the Calvin cycle for glucose synthesis.
  7. - A metabolic process that occurs in plants when oxygen is incorporated into the Calvin cycle instead of carbon dioxide, leading to a reduction in photosynthetic efficiency.
  8. Fixation - The process of converting inorganic carbon dioxide into organic compounds during photosynthesis, primarily in the Calvin cycle.
  9. - The fluid-filled space surrounding the thylakoids in chloroplasts, where the light-independent reactions (Calvin cycle) occur.
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  1. - Another protein-pigment complex in the thylakoid membrane that absorbs light energy and initiates the process of water splitting and oxygen production during photosynthesis.
  2. Dioxide - A colorless, odorless gas that is a key reactant in photosynthesis, absorbed by plants to produce glucose.
  3. Cells - Specialized cells located in the leaves of plants that contain chloroplasts, where most photosynthesis occurs.
  4. Transport Chain - A series of protein complexes located in the thylakoid membrane that transfer electrons from photosystem II to photosystem I, helping to generate ATP and NADPH.
  5. - A simple sugar that serves as a primary energy source for plants and is produced during photosynthesis.
  6. - The process by which green plants, algae, and some bacteria convert light energy into chemical energy, using carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose and oxygen.
  7. Reactions - The initial stage of photosynthesis occurring in the thylakoids, where sunlight is converted into chemical energy in the form of ATP and NADPH, and oxygen is produced.
  8. - A protein-pigment complex in the thylakoid membrane that absorbs light energy, contributing to the production of NADPH in the light-dependent reactions.
  9. - Membrane-bound compartments inside chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll and are the sites of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis.
  10. - An essential reactant in photosynthesis, providing the hydrogen needed for glucose synthesis and releasing oxygen as a byproduct.
  11. - A process by which ATP is generated in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts, using the energy from the movement of protons (H+) across the membrane.
  12. - Organelles found in plant cells and some algae that carry out photosynthesis, converting light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose.
  13. - A particle of light that carries energy; photons are absorbed by chlorophyll during photosynthesis, initiating the light-dependent reactions.

22 Clues: - A simple sugar that serves as a primary energy source for plants and is produced during photosynthesis. • Dioxide - A colorless, odorless gas that is a key reactant in photosynthesis, absorbed by plants to produce glucose. • Cells - Specialized cells located in the leaves of plants that contain chloroplasts, where most photosynthesis occurs. • ...

Photosynthesis !! 2023-01-13

Photosynthesis !! crossword puzzle
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  1. pigments absorb sunlight.
  2. compounds can withstand drought
  3. cycle occurs in the stroma
  4. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves
  5. using sunlight to produce glucose and oxygen.
  6. organisms that go through photosynthesis.
  7. reactions occurs inside the thylakoids
  8. compounds makes glucose, fructose, starches etc.
  9. where they open their stomata during the day
  10. pl. (more than one)
  11. plants plants that open their stomata
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  1. reduces NADP to form NADPH
  2. cells that open and close the stomata
  3. fluids surrounding the thylakoid
  4. organelle where photosynthesis occurs.
  5. xanthophyll and carotene
  6. measure the wavelength of light.
  7. used in the calvin cycle
  8. where light reactions occur.
  9. a stack of thylakoids
  10. colors that absorb light

21 Clues: pl. (more than one) • a stack of thylakoids • xanthophyll and carotene • used in the calvin cycle • colors that absorb light • pigments absorb sunlight. • reduces NADP to form NADPH • cycle occurs in the stroma • where light reactions occur. • compounds can withstand drought • fluids surrounding the thylakoid • measure the wavelength of light. • cells that open and close the stomata • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-11-26

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Green plants are called
  2. -------is released during photosynthesis
  3. Chlorophyll is present in
  4. Principal source of light energy
  5. Green plants make their own food by the process of
  6. The inner membrane of a chloroplast is folded into disc shaped sacs called --------
  7. Carbon dioxide is -------- proportional to photosynthesis
  8. Chloroplast are ------- membranes organelles.
  9. bacteria and protists are ----cell organelles
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  1. Normally Stomata remain --------- during day
  2. Normally during day stomata remains ---------
  3. Photosynthesis is the only process by which ------ energy is converted into chemical energy
  4. One of the factors that affect photosynthesis
  5. Photosynthesis occurs in this part of the plant
  6. hardly affects the rate of photosynthesis
  7. The rate of photosynthesis increases with an increase rate of ‐---‐---------
  8. Each stoma has bean shaped cells called------ cells
  9. Gases are exchanged through small openings on the leaves called
  10. water is absorbed by the ------ from soil
  11. Stomata are mostly present on the ----- surface of the leaf

20 Clues: Green plants are called • Chlorophyll is present in • Principal source of light energy • -------is released during photosynthesis • hardly affects the rate of photosynthesis • water is absorbed by the ------ from soil • Normally Stomata remain --------- during day • Normally during day stomata remains --------- • One of the factors that affect photosynthesis • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-03-06

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. unstacked
  2. plant pores
  3. making ATP with redox reactions
  4. surrounding grana
  5. water splitting
  6. light
  7. product
  8. waste
  9. 2 parts/stages
  10. absorbs light and produces carbohydrates
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  1. disc structure that absorbs light
  2. making sugar
  3. changing water and CO2
  4. structure of a cell
  5. breaking water molecules
  6. acceptor of electrons
  7. stacks
  8. hydrogen ion and oxygen ions
  9. recycling between ATP
  10. excited electron

20 Clues: light • waste • stacks • product • unstacked • plant pores • making sugar • 2 parts/stages • water splitting • excited electron • surrounding grana • structure of a cell • acceptor of electrons • recycling between ATP • changing water and CO2 • breaking water molecules • hydrogen ion and oxygen ions • making ATP with redox reactions • disc structure that absorbs light • ...

Photosynthesis 2020-04-27

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. sugar produced from photosynthesis.
  2. green pigment molecule that traps light energy and turns it into
  3. Where you change CO2 into sugars
  4. phase of photosynthesis where energy form light dependent
  5. Membrane contains chlorophyll molecules, this is where light
  6. compound in cells that has high energy bonds which can be broken rather
  7. membranes called thykaloids.
  8. An acceptor that temporarily stores energized electrons produced
  9. the light reactions.
  10. is used to produced glucose and additional ATP molecules
  11. Does not need light to create a reaction
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  1. energy for photosynthesis; absorbs red and blue wavelengths and
  2. process by which green plants manufacture carbohydrates out
  3. green.
  4. to provide energy for cellular work.
  5. sites of photosynthesis, double-membrane bound enclose
  6. reactions take place
  7. carbon dioxide and water and convert that radiant energy (photons) from the sun into chemical energy and use this energy to fix carbon dioxide into organic compounds.
  8. ATP releases energy when a phosphate it is removed, forming ADP
  9. Fluid filled interior, this is were light independent reactions take place

20 Clues: green. • reactions take place • the light reactions. • membranes called thykaloids. • Where you change CO2 into sugars • sugar produced from photosynthesis. • to provide energy for cellular work. • Does not need light to create a reaction • sites of photosynthesis, double-membrane bound enclose • is used to produced glucose and additional ATP molecules • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-10-02

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. The ultimate goal of the light-independent reactions (or Calvin cycle) is to assemble a molecule of…
  2. light independent stage of photosynthesis
  3. their important function is to provide photoprotection, by absorption and dissipation excessive light energy
  4. protons will move through this specialized channel to create the energy molecule
  5. Fixation, reduction and regeneration are the reactions taking place here
  6. carbon dioxide fixation with ribulose bisphosphate
  7. a graph showing the absorption of light by photosynthetic pigments
  8. is the reaction-centre chlorophyll a of a photosystem II
  9. enzyme essential for the light-independent reaction
  10. process of combining glucose molecules together
  11. loss of electrons
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  1. it consists of various pigment molecules which absorbs photons, pass them further to a pair of “chlorophyll a” and finally to a primary electron acceptor.
  2. a stack of thylakoids
  3. 5 carbon molecule that is carboxylated in the light-independent stages
  4. where the light-dependent reactions take place and produce energy storage molecule ATP and the reduced electron carrier NADPH
  5. is the electron carrier in photosynthesis and is not produced in cyclic photophosphorylation
  6. splitting of water
  7. It is a part of the photosystem and by accepting electrons it becomes reduced
  8. electron flow pushes electrons from this molecule, where they are at a state of low potential energy, ultimately to NADPH, where they are stored at a state of high potential energy.
  9. where protons accumulate in the light-dependent stages
  10. gaining electrons
  11. It is composed of a reaction-center complex, and several light-harvesting complexes.
  12. During the light stage, the pH in the thylakoid space drops to about 5, and the pH in the stroma increases to about 8, and this gradient of three pH units corresponds to a thousandfold different in H+ ……….

23 Clues: gaining electrons • loss of electrons • splitting of water • a stack of thylakoids • light independent stage of photosynthesis • process of combining glucose molecules together • carbon dioxide fixation with ribulose bisphosphate • enzyme essential for the light-independent reaction • where protons accumulate in the light-dependent stages • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-11-13

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Plants absorb water from the soil using this
  2. Starch can be tested using this solution
  3. This is the byproduct of photosynthesis
  4. Photosynthesis happens mostly here
  5. This liquid is the reactant for photosynthesis
  6. Allows gas to enter or leave the leaf
  7. This is the main product of photosynthesis
  8. Has many air spaces
  9. Plants need this for respiration and growth
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  1. Loss of water vapor from the leaf
  2. To prevent leaf from drying out
  3. Glucose is used to provide
  4. Plants make food by doing
  5. dioxide This gas is the reactant for photosynthesis
  6. Plants need this to make chlorophyll
  7. This solution is used to remove the green pigment
  8. The green pigment in plants to capture the sunlight is called
  9. Plants store glucose in form of ...
  10. Allows water to go to the leaf
  11. Plants need this to make proteins
  12. Protects the inside of the leaf
  13. Plants need this to absorb and transport water

22 Clues: Has many air spaces • Plants make food by doing • Glucose is used to provide • Allows water to go to the leaf • To prevent leaf from drying out • Protects the inside of the leaf • Loss of water vapor from the leaf • Plants need this to make proteins • Photosynthesis happens mostly here • Plants store glucose in form of ... • Plants need this to make chlorophyll • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-11-25

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. this type of plant has adapted to dry climates
  2. the green pigment found in chloroplasts
  3. animals that obtain food by consuming other living things
  4. the process of converting sunlight into energy
  5. C4 and CAM plants live in these types of conditions
  6. the negatively charged particle in an atom
  7. the stacks of thylakoids
  8. another name for a particle of light
  9. an electron is said to be in this state when it has taken in energy
  10. three factors that affect photosynthesis are temperature, light, and ______
  11. the series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle electrons
  12. the first set of reactions in photosynthesis requiring light
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  1. the organelle that is surrounded by two envelope membranes
  2. animals that produce their own food
  3. the second set of reactions in photosynthesis not requiring light
  4. the step in the light-dependent reaction where electrons are reenergized
  5. light-absorbing compounds
  6. another name for "making something"
  7. the product of photosynthesis that is not sugar
  8. the photosystem that starts photosynthesis in the light-dependent reaction
  9. the fluid portion of the chloroplast
  10. the saclike membranes containing chlorophyll
  11. an enzyme for the synthesis of ATP
  12. another name for the light-independent reactions
  13. compound used by cells to store and release energy
  14. carrier molecule that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules
  15. the product of combining a H+, NADP+, and 2e-
  16. compound similar to ATP; considered a "partially charged battery"

28 Clues: the stacks of thylakoids • light-absorbing compounds • an enzyme for the synthesis of ATP • animals that produce their own food • another name for "making something" • the fluid portion of the chloroplast • another name for a particle of light • the green pigment found in chloroplasts • the negatively charged particle in an atom • the saclike membranes containing chlorophyll • ...

photosynthesis 2024-10-31

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. first thing in atp and adp
  2. needs light
  3. things that don't make their own food
  4. adenine ribose 3 phospates
  5. adenine ribose 2 phosphates
  6. photosystem 1
  7. this is made by a plant
  8. fluid that surrounds the thylakoids and grana
  9. dosent need light
  10. the process of making food for plants
  11. this contains chlorophyll
  12. third thing in atp
  13. thing that makes their own food but not auto through
  14. series of chemical reactions that happen in the chloroplast of plants
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  1. the basic energy source
  2. how hot or cold it is
  3. photosystem 2
  4. the thing that makes color in a plant
  5. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
  6. stack of thylakoids
  7. a gas that a plant needs to go through photosynthesis
  8. flattened sac in a chloroplast
  9. things that eat other things to get their energy
  10. thing needs this liquid
  11. second thing in atp
  12. the natural compound present in green plants that gives them their color
  13. things that make their own food

27 Clues: needs light • photosystem 2 • photosystem 1 • dosent need light • third thing in atp • stack of thylakoids • second thing in atp • how hot or cold it is • the basic energy source • this is made by a plant • thing needs this liquid • this contains chlorophyll • first thing in atp and adp • adenine ribose 3 phospates • adenine ribose 2 phosphates • flattened sac in a chloroplast • ...

photosynthesis 2024-10-31

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. a sugar that plants use to make energy
  2. makes its own food
  3. what gives leaves its color
  4. a stack of thylakoids
  5. the most common pigment in leaves
  6. the fluid filled space in the cloroplast
  7. used co2 to make carbohydrates
  8. may affect the ability for a plant to photosynthesise
  9. a key component in glucose
  10. a type of energy
  11. a key component in ADP and atp
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  1. something inside of a chloroplast that does photosynthesis
  2. plants need this type of air to survive
  3. releases o2 as a byproduct
  4. makes energy to use in the light dependent stage
  5. this gets stuff wet
  6. an organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis happens
  7. eats other stuff
  8. involved in nadph production
  9. makes its own food
  10. eats other stuff
  11. byproduct of photosynthesis which is a type of air
  12. a part of nadph
  13. this makes the road to hot to walk on
  14. plants turn this into energy
  15. what plants use as energy

26 Clues: a part of nadph • eats other stuff • eats other stuff • a type of energy • makes its own food • makes its own food • this gets stuff wet • a stack of thylakoids • what plants use as energy • releases o2 as a byproduct • a key component in glucose • what gives leaves its color • involved in nadph production • plants turn this into energy • used co2 to make carbohydrates • ...

PHotosynthesis? 2024-10-31

PHotosynthesis? crossword puzzle
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  1. waste product of cellular respiration in animals and humans
  2. gas essential to living organisms,
  3. They Produce their own food to live
  4. They must obtain or eat their own food
  5. flattened, membrane-bound sacs located inside chloroplasts
  6. "Consumes" their food
  7. phosphoric acid, which contains phosphorus
  8. second type of photosythesis
  9. stack of thylakoids, which are the membrane-like structures
  10. measure of how hot or cold an organism or environment is
  11. colored substance found in plant or animal cells that gives them their color
  12. cells and tissues that support and give structure to organs, glands, or other tissues in the body
  13. simple sugar molecule that serves as the primary source of energy for living organisms
  14. primary energy source for photosynthesis
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  1. protein complex embedded in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts, responsible for capturing light energy
  2. building blocks of DNA and RNA
  3. absorption of light energy, splitting of water molecules, release of oxygen
  4. green pigment found in plants, algae, and certain bacteria
  5. process by which plants and certain other organisms use sunlight energy
  6. protein complex embedded in the thylakoid membranes of plant chloroplasts
  7. second stage of photosynthesis, also known as the Calvin cycle,
  8. organelles found within plant cells that are responsible for carrying out photosynthesis
  9. "Adenosine Diphosphate"
  10. "Produces" their own food
  11. "Adenosine Triphosphate"

25 Clues: "Consumes" their food • "Adenosine Diphosphate" • "Adenosine Triphosphate" • "Produces" their own food • second type of photosythesis • building blocks of DNA and RNA • gas essential to living organisms, • They Produce their own food to live • They must obtain or eat their own food • primary energy source for photosynthesis • phosphoric acid, which contains phosphorus • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-01-10

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. cells that open an close to let water in and out
  2. CO2 being used to make other organic compounds
  3. the plant cell part that is directly used in photosynthesis
  4. called a charged battery that powers a cell
  5. CO2 and Hs combine to form glucose that happens in the stroma
  6. absorbs light splits water and releases O2 and creates ATP and NADPH
  7. a stack of thylakoid
  8. waxy covering
  9. the use of water sunlight and C02 to produce O2 and C6H12O6
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  1. the little holes in the bottoms of leaves that let C02 in and out
  2. colors of light that are reflected of leafs but always in the cell
  3. a positive particle of matter
  4. transports water
  5. a circle in a stack of grana in chloroplasts
  6. trants ports sugars
  7. directly under the cuticle
  8. gel-like material that is in chloroplasts
  9. means "middle"
  10. created in the light reactions
  11. living things that make their own energy/food

20 Clues: waxy covering • means "middle" • transports water • trants ports sugars • a stack of thylakoid • directly under the cuticle • a positive particle of matter • created in the light reactions • gel-like material that is in chloroplasts • called a charged battery that powers a cell • a circle in a stack of grana in chloroplasts • living things that make their own energy/food • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-01-15

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. holes inside the leaves
  2. the membranes inside the Chloroplast.
  3. stacks of Thlakoids are called this.
  4. the organelles responsible for Photosynthesis.
  5. a billionth of a meter.
  6. colors that absorb light are called this.
  7. main type of sugar in blood
  8. plants that go through the Calvin Cycle are this
  9. This provides the energy for photosynthesis
  10. Plants need this instead of oxygen
  11. the jelly like fluid inside the Chloroplast surrounding the Thylakoids
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  1. energy that is stored at the cellular level.
  2. Plants that open their stomata at night are
  3. Plants need this so they don't dry out
  4. The name of a green pigment
  5. all plants are this.
  6. all the colors that we can see.
  7. Plants that don't go through the Calvin Cycle
  8. Plants that need Carbon dioxide go through the
  9. Plants get rid of this and take the Carbon dioxide
  10. plants that convert light into energy is a

21 Clues: all plants are this. • holes inside the leaves • a billionth of a meter. • The name of a green pigment • main type of sugar in blood • all the colors that we can see. • Plants need this instead of oxygen • stacks of Thlakoids are called this. • the membranes inside the Chloroplast. • Plants need this so they don't dry out • colors that absorb light are called this. • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-01-16

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. the light that comes from the sun during the day
  2. energy for living organisms
  3. plants that open their stomata during the night
  4. the cell converted from glucose
  5. most plants are c3 plants
  6. organellewhere photosynthesis occurs
  7. colorles odorless gas found in our atmosphere C3
  8. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves
  9. membranes inside where the light reactions with electron transport chain
  10. a pigment present in all green plants and a few other organisms
  11. occur inside the thylakoid
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  1. the colors of light that the human eye can see nanometer
  2. a stack of thylakoids gran
  3. needs ATP c02 and hyrogen
  4. compound with the chemical formula H20
  5. The Calvin cycle occurs(mostly Dark)
  6. Organisms that go through photosynyhesis
  7. One billionth of a meter (1/1,000,000,000)use to measure the wavelength
  8. colors that absorb light
  9. a chemical element with an atomic
  10. instead they make 4-carbon compounds

21 Clues: colors that absorb light • needs ATP c02 and hyrogen • most plants are c3 plants • a stack of thylakoids gran • occur inside the thylakoid • energy for living organisms • the cell converted from glucose • a chemical element with an atomic • organellewhere photosynthesis occurs • The Calvin cycle occurs(mostly Dark) • instead they make 4-carbon compounds • ...

photosynthesis 2025-01-16

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. change sunlight into chemical energy
  2. one billionth of a meter
  3. produce energy from sunlight
  4. dependent reactions convert light energy into chemical energy atp
  5. a stack of thylakoids
  6. open up the stroma during the day and go through the calvin cycle
  7. carry the energy to the calvin cycle that occurs the absence of light
  8. when photosynthesis occur
  9. cycle occurs in the stroma naph is used in the calvin cycle
  10. change energy of the sun into sugar
  11. tiny pores in their stroma used with sunlight and water
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  1. produce 02 and glucose
  2. used by the light dependent reaction
  3. colors by the human light dependent reaction
  4. makes its own food
  5. clear jelly like fluid inside
  6. electron transport chain
  7. don't go through the calvin cycle
  8. pigment that makes the plant
  9. help the plants survive

20 Clues: makes its own food • a stack of thylakoids • produce 02 and glucose • help the plants survive • one billionth of a meter • electron transport chain • when photosynthesis occur • produce energy from sunlight • pigment that makes the plant • clear jelly like fluid inside • don't go through the calvin cycle • change energy of the sun into sugar • used by the light dependent reaction • ...

photosynthesis 2025-01-17

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. occur inside the thylakoid
  2. Their stomata opens during the night and grows very slowly
  3. organellewhere photosynthesis occurs
  4. One billionth of a meter (1/1,000,000,000)use to measure the wavelength
  5. Opens their stomata during the day and go throught the Calvin Cycle
  6. the light that comes from the sun during the day
  7. colorles odorless gas found in our atmosphere
  8. a stack of thylakoids gran
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  1. needs ATP c02 and hyrogen
  2. colors that absorb light
  3. a pigment present in all green plants and a few other organisms
  4. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves
  5. Organisms that go through photosynyhesis
  6. the colors of light that the human eye can see nanometer
  7. Don't go through the Calvin Cycle and can withstand drought
  8. membranes inside where the light reactions with electron transport chain
  9. energy for living organisms
  10. compound with the chemical formula H20
  11. The Calvin cycle occurs(mostly Dark)
  12. the cell converted from glucose
  13. a chemical element with an atomic

21 Clues: colors that absorb light • needs ATP c02 and hyrogen • occur inside the thylakoid • a stack of thylakoids gran • energy for living organisms • the cell converted from glucose • a chemical element with an atomic • organellewhere photosynthesis occurs • The Calvin cycle occurs(mostly Dark) • compound with the chemical formula H20 • Organisms that go through photosynyhesis • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-12-04

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Fluid-filled region within the chloroplast
  2. Reactions that only occur in the presence of light
  3. Green Pigments in the chloroplasts
  4. Adenosine Triphosphate
  5. some electrical energy is used to make ATP through a process known as
  6. Specialized cells in C4 plants which are packed tightly around the veins in a leaf
  7. Location of photosynthesis
  8. Stacks of thylakoids, similar in appearance to a stack of coins
  9. Crassulacean acid metabolism
  10. Process of plants converting solar energy into a stored chemical energy
  11. Plants that form a three-carbon compound
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  1. yellow and orange accesory pigments taht absrob energy from green-yellow-orange wavelengths
  2. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
  3. Reactions that do not require light and is sometimes referred to as the Dark Reaction
  4. Process most plants use to fix carbon, takes place in the stroma
  5. A system of membranes that form an interconnected set of flat, disk-like sacs
  6. Plants adapted to dry climates
  7. Process by which carbon dioxide is converted to organic molecules
  8. Light particles
  9. complex carbohydrate that is the main structural component of walls that surround plants
  10. Plants with tropical origins that have the ability to fix carbon dioxide into four-carbon compounds

21 Clues: Light particles • Adenosine Triphosphate • Location of photosynthesis • Crassulacean acid metabolism • Plants adapted to dry climates • Green Pigments in the chloroplasts • Plants that form a three-carbon compound • Fluid-filled region within the chloroplast • nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate • Reactions that only occur in the presence of light • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-12-09

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Describes an electron after it absorbs light energy.
  2. Organism that makes its own food from inorganic materials.
  3. Electron carrier molecule that becomes NADPH when energized.
  4. Series of proteins that transfer electrons and produce ATP.
  5. Organism that gets energy by consuming other organisms.
  6. Protein complex in chloroplasts that uses light to produce NADPH.
  7. Splitting of water molecules using light energy.
  8. Main energy source that drives photosynthesis.
  9. Series of reactions that use carbon dioxide to make glucose.
  10. Fluid inside chloroplasts where the Calvin cycle occurs.
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  1. Part of photosynthesis that needs light to make ATP and NADPH.
  2. Molecule split during photosynthesis to provide electrons and hydrogen.
  3. Protein complex that captures light to split water and release oxygen.
  4. Energy carrier molecule produced in light reactions, used in Calvin cycle.
  5. Gas taken in by plants to make sugars.
  6. Energy molecule produced during light reactions.
  7. Green pigment that absorbs light for photosynthesis.
  8. Gas released when water is split during photosynthesis.
  9. Membrane sacs in chloroplasts that contain photosystems.
  10. Simple sugar produced during photosynthesis; energy source for cells.

20 Clues: Gas taken in by plants to make sugars. • Main energy source that drives photosynthesis. • Energy molecule produced during light reactions. • Splitting of water molecules using light energy. • Describes an electron after it absorbs light energy. • Green pigment that absorbs light for photosynthesis. • Organism that gets energy by consuming other organisms. • ...

photosynthesis 2025-12-09

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. disc shaped membrane inside a chloroplast where light reactions happen
  2. green pigment that absorbs sunlight
  3. molecule that carries high energy electrons to the Calvin Cycle
  4. a stack of thylakoids
  5. gas released during photosynthesis
  6. the substances created at the end of a chemical reaction
  7. made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
  8. the substances a reaction starts with
  9. limit marketing where something ends
  10. tiny openings on leaves that let gases in and out
  11. energy carrying molecule made in light reactions
  12. process plants use to make food using light energy
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  1. sugar produced during photosynthesis
  2. molecules that include fats, oils, waxes, cholesterol
  3. essential element that makes up most of Earth's atmosphere
  4. total weight of organisms in a given area
  5. organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis takes place
  6. biomolecule made of sugars that provide quick energy to living things
  7. process where living organisms convert food into ATP
  8. dioxide gas taken in by plants to make glucose

20 Clues: a stack of thylakoids • gas released during photosynthesis • green pigment that absorbs sunlight • sugar produced during photosynthesis • limit marketing where something ends • the substances a reaction starts with • total weight of organisms in a given area • made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen • dioxide gas taken in by plants to make glucose • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-12-04

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. these are most plants & is where they open their stomata during the day
  2. one billionth of a meter used to measure the wavelength of light
  3. occurs in the stroma
  4. organisms that carry out photosynthesis
  5. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves
  6. occurs inside the thylakoid
  7. an energy source for growth and other vital functions in the Calvin cycle
  8. the key carbon source for the Calvin cycle
  9. membranes inside where "the light reactions" occur w/the ETC
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  1. colors that absorb light
  2. organelle where photosynthesis occurs
  3. the colors of light that the human eye can see
  4. the stacks of dis-like structures called thylakoids found in chlroplasts
  5. the pigment that gives plants their green color
  6. they make 4 carbon compounds
  7. what is split to provide electrons, protons, and oxygen in a LDR
  8. makes sugars in the next stage of photosynthesis in the Calvin cycle
  9. the essential energy source for LDR
  10. produced when sunlight splits water molecules in the chloroplasts thylakoids
  11. the part of a tissue or organ with a connective role
  12. plants that open their stomata at night in order to conserve water

21 Clues: occurs in the stroma • colors that absorb light • occurs inside the thylakoid • they make 4 carbon compounds • the essential energy source for LDR • organelle where photosynthesis occurs • organisms that carry out photosynthesis • the key carbon source for the Calvin cycle • microscopic holes in the underside of leaves • the colors of light that the human eye can see • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-01-13

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. a basic structural unit of the thylakoid membrane network of plant chloroplast
  2. organelle where photosynthesis occurs
  3. gas and plant expels them
  4. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves allows oxygen to escape and carbon dioxide to enter
  5. membranes inside where the light reactions occur with the electron transport chain
  6. dioxide colorless odorless gas
  7. color that absorb light produces energy from the sunlight it absorbs
  8. the inner membrane of the chloroplast forms a border to the stroma it regulates passage of materials in and out of the chloroplast
  9. contains proteins and is therefore permeable to small molecules
  10. which open and close stomata
  11. a jelly like fluid inside surrounding thylakoids where the Calvin cycle occurs
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  1. usually refers to xanthophyll and carotene
  2. the process of using water carbon dioxide and sunlight to produce glucose
  3. the fluid filled internal space of the chlorplast which encircle the grana and the thylakoids
  4. a biochemical mechanism in plants by which chlorophyll absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. There are two such mechanisms
  5. occurs in the stroma
  6. one billionth of a meter used to measure the wavelengths
  7. organisms that go through photosynthesis
  8. the colors of the light the human eye can see
  9. pigments absorb sunlight but do not produce energy directly
  10. plants that open their stroma at night

21 Clues: occurs in the stroma • gas and plant expels them • which open and close stomata • dioxide colorless odorless gas • organelle where photosynthesis occurs • plants that open their stroma at night • organisms that go through photosynthesis • usually refers to xanthophyll and carotene • the colors of the light the human eye can see • ...

Photosynthesis 2020-05-19

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. energy molecule
  2. carries water
  3. jade, cactus, eg.
  4. powers H+ pumps
  5. glucose factory
  6. enzyme king of the world
  7. transferred many times in photosynthesis
  8. light independent reaction starter
  9. dude who figured out dark reaction
  10. pancake of chloroplast
  11. chlorophyll and proteins
  12. leaf exhaust holes
  13. waste product
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  1. layer where photosynthesis occurs
  2. 2 G3P's
  3. flow of H+ due to charge and gradient
  4. kicks up electrons when absorbed
  5. most plants
  6. carbon fixation site
  7. provider of electrons
  8. the bane of plants
  9. "story of more" author
  10. electron shuttle
  11. flows through ATP synthase

24 Clues: 2 G3P's • most plants • carries water • waste product • energy molecule • powers H+ pumps • glucose factory • electron shuttle • jade, cactus, eg. • the bane of plants • leaf exhaust holes • carbon fixation site • provider of electrons • "story of more" author • pancake of chloroplast • enzyme king of the world • chlorophyll and proteins • flows through ATP synthase • kicks up electrons when absorbed • ...

Photosynthesis 2019-12-02

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. needs oxygen
  2. producing carbon dioxide and water as waste products
  3. the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space, and oxygen is reduced to form water.
  4. bounded by pigmented membranes on which the light reactions of photosynthesis take place
  5. Plants depend on the Calvin cycle for energy and food.
  6. important energy source in living organisms
  7. H2O
  8. do not need oxygen
  9. also called a metabolic pathway
  10. powerhouse of the cell
  11. intake of oxygen
  12. the air we breath out
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  1. releasing energy and pyruvic acid.
  2. colorless liquid and the principle ingredient in alcoholic beverages like beer
  3. the air we breath in
  4. in green plant cells
  5. In plants, the light reactions take place in the thylakoid membranes of organelles called chloroplasts.
  6. lactate
  7. is a molecule that carries energy within cells.
  8. makes oxygen
  9. consisting of connective tissues and blood vessels.
  10. the chemical breakdown of a substance

22 Clues: H2O • lactate • needs oxygen • makes oxygen • intake of oxygen • do not need oxygen • the air we breath in • in green plant cells • the air we breath out • powerhouse of the cell • also called a metabolic pathway • releasing energy and pyruvic acid. • the chemical breakdown of a substance • important energy source in living organisms • is a molecule that carries energy within cells. • ...

Photosynthesis 2019-11-20

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  1. when plants photosynthesize, suns energy is not destroyed it is ________
  2. toxic gas needed as a starting material for photosynthesis
  3. a product of photosynthesis that plants use for energy
  4. organisms that seek/hunt their food
  5. conservation of energy/mass is considered a ____because it will not change
  6. part of plant that moves water to the leaves and flower
  7. number of ending products made from photosynthesis
  8. another name for glucose
  9. part of plant that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis
  10. green pigment inside chloroplasts that turn the plant green
  11. part of plant that absorbs water and nutrients
  12. a product of photosynthesis that humans need to survive
  13. the ultimate energy for life on earth
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  1. starting material that is absorbed through the roots
  2. number of starting materials for photosynthesis
  3. process where plants make food
  4. prefix that means "green"
  5. photosynthesis is a ______change
  6. the organelle in a plant cell responsible for photosynthesis
  7. organisms that make their own food are called:
  8. part of plant that is the reproductive organs

21 Clues: another name for glucose • prefix that means "green" • process where plants make food • photosynthesis is a ______change • organisms that seek/hunt their food • the ultimate energy for life on earth • part of plant that is the reproductive organs • organisms that make their own food are called: • part of plant that absorbs water and nutrients • ...

Photosynthesis 2021-02-24

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  1. The experiment to see the occurence of sugar in photosynthesis
  2. Process where living things produce energy
  3. Part of leaf that is in the upper epidermis
  4. Parts of plant that transports sucrose
  5. Process to move sugar from the source to the sink
  6. One of the possible sinks that sugar is stored
  7. Product of respiration
  8. Place where gas exchange occurs
  9. Mesophyll contains...
  10. Part of plant where photosynthesis happens
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  1. The process where the guard cells take in water
  2. Process where oxygen is released
  3. Thing that xylem carry
  4. Type of photosynthesis experiment
  5. A packed of cell in leaf
  6. The product where glucose is being translocate
  7. One of the factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis
  8. Chlorophyll contains...
  9. Waste product of photosynthesis
  10. The color of the chlorophyll

20 Clues: Mesophyll contains... • Thing that xylem carry • Product of respiration • Chlorophyll contains... • A packed of cell in leaf • The color of the chlorophyll • Waste product of photosynthesis • Place where gas exchange occurs • Process where oxygen is released • Type of photosynthesis experiment • Parts of plant that transports sucrose • Process where living things produce energy • ...

PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2021-02-19

PHOTOSYNTHESIS crossword puzzle
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  1. a green pigment found in plants
  2. a hole that can control the rate of gas exchange
  3. water loss that cause the stomata to close
  4. the colour of chlorophyll
  5. one of the raw materials of photosynthesis
  6. a process used by plants to convert light energy into chemical
  7. a type of ground tissue found in the plant's leaves
  8. carries water
  9. how the guard cells take in water
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  1. allowing gas exchange and controlling water loss
  2. where photosynthesis takes place
  3. when photosynthesis takes place
  4. sink of a sugar/sucrose
  5. a way sugar move from source to sink
  6. how plants take in carbon dioxide
  7. primary source of energy
  8. a waxy cuticle that is like a protective barrier
  9. how sugar is transported from source to sink
  10. waste of photosynthesis
  11. product of photosynthesis

20 Clues: carries water • sink of a sugar/sucrose • waste of photosynthesis • primary source of energy • the colour of chlorophyll • product of photosynthesis • when photosynthesis takes place • a green pigment found in plants • where photosynthesis takes place • how plants take in carbon dioxide • how the guard cells take in water • a way sugar move from source to sink • ...

PHOTOSYNTHESiS 2021-02-19

PHOTOSYNTHESiS crossword puzzle
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  1. a waxy layer used to prevent evaporation of water from the leaves
  2. a process used in plants to convert energy
  3. a part of a plant that is used for photosynthesis
  4. a cell in the leaves that contains chlorophyll
  5. light that is trapped by the chlorophyll
  6. a way to move sugar from source to sink
  7. a living organism that do photosynthesis
  8. a vessel that carries water
  9. one of the product that is produced in cellular respiration
  10. one of the product that is produced during photosynthesis
  11. a process to produce oxygen
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  1. a pigment in a plant that traps sunlight
  2. a product of photosynthesis that is translocated
  3. a tissue that transports sugar to sink
  4. a process of gas exchange
  5. tiny holes found in the underside of leaves
  6. a dense and pack cell in the leave
  7. waste product of photosynthesis
  8. the part of a plant that is used as a storage for energy
  9. cells that surround the stomata

20 Clues: a process of gas exchange • a vessel that carries water • a process to produce oxygen • waste product of photosynthesis • cells that surround the stomata • a dense and pack cell in the leave • a tissue that transports sugar to sink • a way to move sugar from source to sink • a pigment in a plant that traps sunlight • light that is trapped by the chlorophyll • ...

Photosynthesis 2021-03-22

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. This gives power to the Calvin Cycle by giving electrons.
  2. A type of organism that needs to consume something else to energy and nutrition.
  3. There are two of these steps, and II comes before I and they are processes within the Light Dependent Reactions.
  4. The most principal pigment in chloroplasts.
  5. These reactions (stage I) need sunlight to produce ATP and NADPH.
  6. The last PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound).
  7. Light-absorbing molecules.
  8. The stacks of chlorophyll in the chloroplasts.
  9. This is the compound before RuBP at the end of the Calvin Cycle.
  10. A type of organism that makes its own food.
  11. Has several names (Stage II, Light Independent Reactions, Dark Reactions) where the final goal is to produce sugar.
  12. The extra space within the chloroplast, but between the thylakoids; also where the Calvin Cycle takes place.
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  1. The second COMPOUND in the Calvin Cycle after RuBP.
  2. The second overall PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound).
  3. The COMPOUND that comes after phosphoglycerate receives a phosphate group from ATP.
  4. The overall process when plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce sugar and oxygen.
  5. How many phosphates does ATP have?
  6. The first overall PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound).
  7. A chemical compound responsible that is an energy source, also gives a phosphate to phosphoglycerate in the Calvin Cycle.
  8. How many phosphates does ADP have?
  9. The very first compound found WITHIN the Calvin Cycle, also the ending point.
  10. The main cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place.

22 Clues: Light-absorbing molecules. • How many phosphates does ATP have? • How many phosphates does ADP have? • The most principal pigment in chloroplasts. • A type of organism that makes its own food. • The stacks of chlorophyll in the chloroplasts. • The second COMPOUND in the Calvin Cycle after RuBP. • The last PHASE in the Calvin Cycle (not a compound). • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-01-22

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. can be considered a wave and a particle
  2. the act of losing electrons
  3. carbon ...
  4. an animal that eats meat
  5. synonym of artificial
  6. a group of atoms
  7. opposite of processed
  8. vanish (disparaitre)
  9. to use or eat
  10. the act of keeping at sth
  11. to give
  12. part in a plant in which photosynthesis takes place
  13. the adjective of gas
  14. period of 100 years
  15. a form of sugar
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  1. phénomène
  2. an animal that eats plants
  3. plants that live underwater
  4. adjective of chemistry
  5. empty (vide)
  6. place too much importance onto sth
  7. the act of gaining electrons
  8. a negatively charged subatomic particle
  9. a series of different steps to complete an action/goal
  10. opposity of fast (adverb)

25 Clues: to give • phénomène • carbon ... • empty (vide) • to use or eat • a form of sugar • a group of atoms • period of 100 years • vanish (disparaitre) • the adjective of gas • synonym of artificial • opposite of processed • adjective of chemistry • an animal that eats meat • the act of keeping at sth • opposity of fast (adverb) • an animal that eats plants • the act of losing electrons • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-01-22

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. adjective of chemistry
  2. phénomène
  3. plants that live underwater
  4. carbon ...
  5. a group of atoms
  6. can be considered a wave and a particle
  7. the adjective of gas
  8. a negatively charged subatomic particle
  9. period of 100 years
  10. place too much importance onto sth
  11. opposite of processed
  12. a series of different steps to complete an action/goal
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  1. the act of gaining electrons
  2. the act of keeping at sth
  3. an animal that eats meat
  4. empty (vide)
  5. the act of losing electrons
  6. a form of sugar
  7. to use or eat
  8. synonym of artificial
  9. to give
  10. part in a plant in which photosynthesis takes place
  11. opposity of fast (adverb)
  12. an animal that eats plants
  13. vanish (disparaitre)

25 Clues: to give • phénomène • carbon ... • empty (vide) • to use or eat • a form of sugar • a group of atoms • period of 100 years • the adjective of gas • vanish (disparaitre) • synonym of artificial • opposite of processed • adjective of chemistry • an animal that eats meat • the act of keeping at sth • opposity of fast (adverb) • an animal that eats plants • plants that live underwater • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-01-31

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. enzyme used to convert between 5 carbon sugars. Xylose to Ribose.
  2. initiates photosynthesis
  3. maintained by concurrent movement of Mg2+ from the thylakoid lumen to the stroma as protons are pumped from the stroma to the lumen
  4. transport chain analogous pathway of the light reactions but in animals
  5. pigments that harvest light energy from other wavelengths of the EM spectrum and transfer that energy to the reaction center
  6. part of the water-oxidizing complex
  7. second stage of the dark reactions
  8. molecule resulting from an intramolecular ester
  9. product of the reductive step of the Calvin cycle (abbreviated)
  10. type of event that gives rise to double-membrane bound organelles
  11. molecule responsible for delivering electrons to NADP+
  12. metal at the core of plastocyanin
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  1. reduces the disulfide bond in ATP Synthase making it more active
  2. product resulting from the wasteful side reaction catalyzed by rubisco
  3. seven-carbon sugar involved in the regeneration step of the dark reactions
  4. biosynthetic reducing power - not available to be oxidized
  5. replenishes electrons to PS II
  6. location of the PPP reactions
  7. molecule that is in reduced state and the plant version of Q
  8. region of the granum facing the stroma
  9. source of phosphates for the Calvin cycle
  10. metal required for rubisco activity
  11. phase that generates NADPH in the PPP
  12. cluster that assists in electron transfer
  13. employed by plants from arid environments (abbreviated)

25 Clues: initiates photosynthesis • location of the PPP reactions • replenishes electrons to PS II • metal at the core of plastocyanin • second stage of the dark reactions • part of the water-oxidizing complex • metal required for rubisco activity • phase that generates NADPH in the PPP • region of the granum facing the stroma • source of phosphates for the Calvin cycle • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-02-28

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. C6H12O6
  2. Must eat to get energy
  3. A complex protein that allows Hydrogen ions to pass through a membrane
  4. Formed from NADP+, Hydrogen ions, and electrons
  5. H2O
  6. Energy from a star 93,000,000 miles away
  7. High energy particles found inside of atoms
  8. A series of electron carrier proteins
  9. The fluid like inside of a chloroplast
  10. O2
  11. Adenosine diphosphate
  12. The process in which autotrophs obtain energy
  13. Light-independent reactions
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  1. Organisms like plants and some bacteria
  2. Light-absorbing compounds
  3. CO2
  4. An autotroph that is not bacteria
  5. H+
  6. The first light-dependent reactions
  7. Stacked in chloroplasts
  8. Green pigment
  9. One of the factors affecting photosynthesis
  10. The second light-dependent reactions
  11. Adenosine triphosphate

24 Clues: H+ • O2 • CO2 • H2O • C6H12O6 • Green pigment • Adenosine diphosphate • Must eat to get energy • Adenosine triphosphate • Stacked in chloroplasts • Light-absorbing compounds • Light-independent reactions • An autotroph that is not bacteria • The first light-dependent reactions • The second light-dependent reactions • A series of electron carrier proteins • The fluid like inside of a chloroplast • ...

Photosynthesis 2012-12-10

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. the light-dependent formation of ATP by chemiosmosis in photosythesis
  2. a photosystem embedded in the thylakoid membrane containing chlorophyll P680
  3. a photosystem embedded in the thylakoid membrane containing chlorophyll P700
  4. an enzyme in the stroma of chloroplasts that catalyzes the first reaction of the Calvin cycle
  5. the process in which photon-energized electrons flow from water to NADP+ through electron transport chains in thylakoid membranes
  6. pigment that appears blue-green
  7. a complex of chlorophyll molecules, accessory pigments, and proteins embedded in a thylakoid membrane
  8. packets of electromagnetic radiation
  9. flow of photon-energized electrons from photosystem I, through an electron transport chain that produces ATP by chemiosmosis, but does not generate NADPH
  10. the lowest possible potential energy level of an atom's electron
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  1. a transmembrane protein complex containing chlorophyll a whose electrons absorb light energy and begin the process of photosynthesis
  2. a compound membrane embedded in the thylakoid membrane that is reduced by an excited chlorophyll electron
  3. pigment that appears yellow-green
  4. reactions that must take place in the presence of light
  5. a web of chlorophyll molecules embedded in the thylakoid membrane that transfers energy to the reaction centre
  6. this is produced in noncyclic electron flow, but not in cyclic
  7. light with a wavelength from 380-750 nm
  8. the absorption of energy by an atom's electron
  9. the Z protein separates this into oxygen, hydrogen ions, and electrons
  10. a protein associated with photosystem II that splits water into hydrogen ions, oxygen atoms, adn electrons

20 Clues: pigment that appears blue-green • pigment that appears yellow-green • packets of electromagnetic radiation • light with a wavelength from 380-750 nm • the absorption of energy by an atom's electron • reactions that must take place in the presence of light • this is produced in noncyclic electron flow, but not in cyclic • ...

Photosynthesis 2013-11-30

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. The unenjoyable first name of a scientist that discovered the Calvin Cycle
  2. The cell-to-cell connection between bundle sheath and mesophyll cells in C4 plants
  3. This molecule is not produced in cyclic electron flow
  4. A vascular bundle that transports water from the soil to the leaves of a plant
  5. The largest group of photosynthesizing prokaryotes
  6. The useless product of photorespiration
  7. The complex that produces ATP in the ETC
  8. The process of splitting water
  9. The location of the dark reaction
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  1. The light-______ point is the point at which the uptake of CO2 is equal to the evolution of CO2
  2. These pigments shorten the wavelength of the captured light for the chlorophyll in the ETC
  3. Photosynthesis is the conversion of light energy into ____ energy
  4. Package of light energy
  5. 6CO2 + 6H2O + _____ + chlorophyll --> C6H12O6 + 6O2
  6. The third phase of the dark reaction
  7. These cells are dark reaction specialists in C4 plants
  8. The process of exciting electrons by striking them with photons
  9. Stacks of chlorophyll-containing thylakoids
  10. This scientist discovered that plants produced a gas that restored injured air
  11. The electron provider in the ETC

20 Clues: Package of light energy • The process of splitting water • The electron provider in the ETC • The location of the dark reaction • The third phase of the dark reaction • The useless product of photorespiration • The complex that produces ATP in the ETC • Stacks of chlorophyll-containing thylakoids • The largest group of photosynthesizing prokaryotes • ...

PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2016-12-04

PHOTOSYNTHESIS crossword puzzle
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  1. Split during Photosystem II of the light phase
  2. Calvin cycle
  3. Electron and H acceptor
  4. Stated light was needed
  5. Light wave that is absorbed in green plants
  6. Organelle of photosynthesis
  7. Affects the rate of photosynthesis
  8. A pigment in plants
  9. End product of photosynthesis
  10. Makes own food
  11. Process that makes sugar from water and carbon dioxide
  12. High energy compound
  13. Stated oxygen is needed
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  1. Site of the Dark phase of photosynthesis
  2. Results when ATP gives up energy
  3. Light wave reflected in plants
  4. Helps chemical reactions take place
  5. Consumer;takes in food
  6. PhotosystemII and I
  7. A product of splitting water
  8. Enzyme used to regenerate ATP
  9. A stack of Thylakoids
  10. The left side of a chemical reaction
  11. Light Independent phase

24 Clues: Calvin cycle • Makes own food • PhotosystemII and I • A pigment in plants • High energy compound • A stack of Thylakoids • Consumer;takes in food • Electron and H acceptor • Stated light was needed • Light Independent phase • Stated oxygen is needed • Organelle of photosynthesis • A product of splitting water • Enzyme used to regenerate ATP • End product of photosynthesis • ...

Photosynthesis 2017-10-13

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. 16
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. 27
  5. 12
  6. 17
  7. 22
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 13
  11. 26
  12. 11
  13. 5
  14. 3
  15. 10
  16. 15
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  1. 18
  2. 24
  3. 19
  4. 21
  5. 9
  6. 20
  7. 29
  8. 4
  9. 14
  10. 23
  11. 28
  12. 6
  13. 25

29 Clues: 2 • 1 • 9 • 4 • 7 • 8 • 6 • 5 • 3 • 18 • 16 • 24 • 19 • 21 • 27 • 12 • 20 • 17 • 29 • 22 • 14 • 13 • 26 • 23 • 28 • 11 • 25 • 10 • 15

Photosynthesis 2018-11-28

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. The plants give off what that animals need to survive?
  2. Alternating layers of protein and fat with chlorophyll between are
  3. Cactus is an example of what plant
  4. A packet of light.
  5. The process of making food in a plant is called
  6. In what cellular organelle does glycolysis occur?
  7. Organisms that can synthesize their own food
  8. A molecule containing two high-energy phosphate bonds that may be formed by breaking one of the phosphate bonds in ATP.
  9. This green pigment captures the sun's energy in photosynthesis.
  10. Process of water breaking down.
  11. Chlorophyll absorbs every color of sunlight except this.
  12. where light reactions occur.
  13. A compound that donates one hydrogen aton and two electrons to another molecule, to reform NADP+ it is an electron donor.
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  1. Flattened sacs or vesicles containing photosynthetic chemicals.
  2. A reaction in which an atom or molecule loses electrons.
  3. molecule used to store energy.
  4. In green plants chlorophyll is found in a type of cell organelle called a
  5. Organisms that must obtain food from the environment are
  6. A reaction which an atom or molecule gains electrons.
  7. A cluster of photosynthetic pigments embedded in a thylakoid membrane of a chloroplast that absorbs light energy.
  8. Place where dark reactions occur
  9. What is the primary energy source of living organisms on earth?
  10. What is produced in the Calvin Cycle

23 Clues: A packet of light. • where light reactions occur. • molecule used to store energy. • Process of water breaking down. • Place where dark reactions occur • Cactus is an example of what plant • What is produced in the Calvin Cycle • Organisms that can synthesize their own food • The process of making food in a plant is called • In what cellular organelle does glycolysis occur? • ...

Photosynthesis 2018-11-28

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. A cluster of photosynthetic pigments embedded in a thylakoid membrane of a chloroplast that absorbs light energy.
  2. Cactus is an example of what plant
  3. What is produced in the Calvin Cycle
  4. Organisms that must obtain food from the environment are
  5. where light reactions occur.
  6. Process of water breaking down.
  7. Place where dark reactions occur
  8. molecule used to store energy.
  9. A reaction which an atom or molecule gains electrons.
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  1. Alternating layers of protein and fat with chlorophyll between are
  2. Flattened sacs or vesicles containing photosynthetic chemicals.
  3. In green plants chlorophyll is found in a type of cell organelle called a
  4. Organisms that can synthesize their own food
  5. The process of making food in a plant is called
  6. A molecule containing two high-energy phosphate bonds that may be formed by breaking one of the phosphate bonds in ATP.
  7. The plants give off what that animals need to survive?
  8. This green pigment captures the sun's energy in photosynthesis.
  9. Chlorophyll absorbs every color of sunlight except this.
  10. A reaction in which an atom or molecule loses electrons.
  11. In what cellular organelle does glycolysis occur?
  12. What is the primary energy source of living organisms on earth?
  13. A packet of light.
  14. A compound that donates one hydrogen aton and two electrons to another molecule, to reform NADP+ it is an electron donor.

23 Clues: A packet of light. • where light reactions occur. • molecule used to store energy. • Process of water breaking down. • Place where dark reactions occur • Cactus is an example of what plant • What is produced in the Calvin Cycle • Organisms that can synthesize their own food • The process of making food in a plant is called • In what cellular organelle does glycolysis occur? • ...

photosynthesis 2022-03-16

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  1. works with water in ldr to make 2 PGAL
  2. collects co2
  3. the part of a cell that absorbs light in plants.
  4. molecule used as an energy source in cells
  5. a type of sugar made from photosynthesis
  6. the nucleus of a hydrogen atom after separated
  7. how CO2 gets into the plants
  8. times that LIR is repeated
  9. a coenzyme used in photosynthesis
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  1. taken up through the roots.
  2. is recycled back to the thylakoid to be used later
  3. where the reactions from light take place
  4. the transfer of protons through them membrane
  5. the gas used to make glucose
  6. formed from ATP and NADPH to make it
  7. the result of splitting water from light.
  8. the systems that chloroplast absorb light energy to do task.
  9. what kick starts the actions of photo synthesis.
  10. one of the products of photo synthesis
  11. where the Calvin cycle takes place

20 Clues: collects co2 • times that LIR is repeated • taken up through the roots. • the gas used to make glucose • how CO2 gets into the plants • a coenzyme used in photosynthesis • where the Calvin cycle takes place • formed from ATP and NADPH to make it • works with water in ldr to make 2 PGAL • one of the products of photo synthesis • a type of sugar made from photosynthesis • ...

photosynthesis 2022-03-21

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  1. the part of a tissue or organ with a structural or connective role
  2. a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air
  3. an organelle within the cells of plants and certain algae that is the site of photosynthesis
  4. the physical interaction among electric charges, magnetic moments, and the electromagnetic field
  5. a response of an organism or living tissue to a stimulus
  6. a microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus
  7. gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis
  8. a pigment that gives plants their green color
  9. relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen
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  1. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates
  2. the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar
  3. organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and other organelles
  4. the region between 400 nm and 700 nm is what plants use to drive photosynthesis
  5. an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in its molecule or empirical formula
  6. the principal molecule for storing and transferring energy in cells
  7. any substance consisting of matter
  8. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
  9. a subcellular structure that has one or more specific jobs to perform in the cell
  10. a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction
  11. a unique substance that consists of two or more elements combined in fixed proportions

20 Clues: any substance consisting of matter • a pigment that gives plants their green color • relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen • a response of an organism or living tissue to a stimulus • organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and other organelles • a microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-03-02

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. NADPH goes into what cycle
  2. what of hydrogen ions are higher the thylakoid
  3. C6H12O6
  4. these move lose energy as they move down the chain
  5. This splits into oxygen, proton, and electrons
  6. Organisms that get food from other sources
  7. Forming stacks called grana
  8. carbon from CO2 is converted to what
  9. Can be transmitted,reflected,and absorbed
  10. Made ATP by harnessing H+ ____
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  1. Responsible for collecting sunlight
  2. plants in hot, dry climax may use different methods to fix what
  3. hydrogen ions are moved into the thylokoid what
  4. Converting Co2 and water to sugar
  5. NADPH is good at donating these
  6. Compounds that absorbs light
  7. Temperarily stored in ATP and NADPH
  8. Organisms able to make their own food
  9. plants reduce water loss by closing what
  10. Released in light reactions

20 Clues: C6H12O6 • NADPH goes into what cycle • Forming stacks called grana • Released in light reactions • Compounds that absorbs light • Made ATP by harnessing H+ ____ • NADPH is good at donating these • Converting Co2 and water to sugar • Responsible for collecting sunlight • Temperarily stored in ATP and NADPH • carbon from CO2 is converted to what • ...

Photosynthesis 2021-12-30

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  1. The name given to the middle of a leaf (there are two regions within this)
  2. Process by which water is absorbed into plant roots
  3. Waterproof layer surrounding a leaf
  4. Mineral ion needed for the production of chlorophyll
  5. Carbohydrate made from glucose that cell walls are made from
  6. Storage molecule made from glucose found in plants
  7. The gas found in bubbles from pond weed
  8. This is large in leaves, to help catch as much light energy as possible
  9. Mineral ion needed for the production of amino acids
  10. The rate of photosynthesis is low in cold temperatures due to these
  11. Waste gas from photosynthesis that is excreted by plants
  12. pores in the underside of plant leaves
  13. process by which Carbon Dioxide enters plant leaves
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  1. The upper ___________ is transparent
  2. Solution used to detect the presence of STARCH!!!
  3. Reactant of photosynthesis that is absorbed through the roots
  4. Layer of a leaf that contains many chloroplasts for photosynthesis
  5. Sugar made in photosynthesis - contains chemical energy
  6. Process by which mineral ions are absorbed into plant roots
  7. A more accurate way of measuring the volume of oxygen given off by pond weed
  8. The number of O2, CO2 and H2O molecules in a balanced equation of photosynthesis
  9. The site of photosynthesis
  10. The energy that is converted into chemical energy in Photosynthesis
  11. Gaseous reactant of photosynthesis.
  12. Plants that are deficient in MAGNESIUM will be this colour
  13. Reaction that occurs in plants during the day and night
  14. Layer of MESOPHYLL that contains air spaces
  15. These factors prevent the rate of photosynthesis from increasing

28 Clues: The site of photosynthesis • Waterproof layer surrounding a leaf • Gaseous reactant of photosynthesis. • The upper ___________ is transparent • pores in the underside of plant leaves • The gas found in bubbles from pond weed • Layer of MESOPHYLL that contains air spaces • Solution used to detect the presence of STARCH!!! • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-02-15

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  1. holes that allow for gas exchange
  2. a collection of light harvesting pigments
  3. sacs that contain pigments in chloroplasts
  4. effect heating of the earth's atmosphere
  5. plants plants that only open stomata at night
  6. plants plants that close stomata during hot afternoon
  7. plants normal plants
  8. the main light absorbing pigment
  9. the site of photosynthesis
  10. fluid that fills the chloroplasts
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  1. Dioxide a reactant needed for photosynthesis
  2. pigments that reflect orange and yellow
  3. Spectrum the entire range of radiation
  4. Reactions uses light to make NADPH and ATP
  5. the process of converting sunlight energy into chemical energy
  6. Transport Chain makes ATP
  7. organisms that get energy from light
  8. Cycle makes glucose from CO2
  9. product of the Calvin Cycle
  10. stacks of little green disks
  11. a packet of light energy

21 Clues: plants normal plants • a packet of light energy • Transport Chain makes ATP • the site of photosynthesis • product of the Calvin Cycle • Cycle makes glucose from CO2 • stacks of little green disks • the main light absorbing pigment • holes that allow for gas exchange • fluid that fills the chloroplasts • organisms that get energy from light • Spectrum the entire range of radiation • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-09-05

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  1. Reaction: a process in which substances are changed into others
  2. a sheet of tissue that lines or connects organs or cells
  3. a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ
  4. Energy: energy that is transmitted in the form of radiation
  5. Energy: energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
  6. depending on free oxygen or air
  7. having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei
  8. diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane
  9. the process by which a substance combines with oxygen
  10. a complex protein produced by cells that acts as a catalyst
  11. the act of keeping something for future use
  12. organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
  13. a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for respiration
  14. an elementary particle with negative charge
  15. a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms
  16. a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
  17. pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion
  18. a process in which one substance permeates another
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  1. produced by reactions involving atomic or molecular changes
  2. plant tissue that conducts synthesized food substances
  3. the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
  4. a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers
  5. formation of compounds in plants aided by radiant energy
  6. Energy: that part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction
  7. dioxide: a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis
  8. a pore in a plant through which gasses and vapor can pass
  9. Reaction: the first stage of photosynthesis during which energy from light is used for the production of ATP
  10. any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals
  11. an idea evoked by some experience
  12. a way of thinking or coming to mutual understanding
  13. a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
  14. a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  15. the act of decreasing something
  16. the supporting tissue of an organ
  17. the totality of surrounding conditions
  18. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
  19. any of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
  20. any organism of microscopic size
  21. an organism capable of synthesizing its own food
  22. underground plant organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
  23. a flat, usually green part of a plant attached to a stem

41 Clues: depending on free oxygen or air • the act of decreasing something • any organism of microscopic size • an idea evoked by some experience • the supporting tissue of an organ • the totality of surrounding conditions • the act of keeping something for future use • an elementary particle with negative charge • having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei • ...

photosynthesis 2023-11-27

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  1. THE PROCESS PLANTS USE TO STORE ENERGY
  2. PLACE WHERE PHOTSYNTHESIS HAPPENS
  3. THIS WORD ROOT MEANS "GREEN"
  4. THIS PIGMENT IS GREEN AND ALLOWS FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO BEGIN
  5. ENERGY CARRIER THAT ACCEPTS THE HYDROGEN FROM THE WATER WHEN IT IS SPLIT
  6. INPUT OF THE LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTIONS
  7. INPUT OF THE DARK REACTIONS
  8. ABSORBS THE GAS NEEDED FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  9. THIS STEP SPLITS WATER WITH SUNLIGHT
  10. YET ANOTHER NAME FOR THE LIGHT INDEPENEDENT REACTIONS
  11. ABSORBS THE LIQUID NEEDED FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  12. THE LASER PLANTS USE TO SPLIT WATER
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  1. THIS STEP MAKES SUGAR FROM CO2 AND H+
  2. ANOTHER NAME FOR THE LIGHT INDEPENEDENT REACTIONS
  3. OUTPUT OF LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTIONS
  4. THIS WORD ROOT MEANS "LIGHT"
  5. OUTPUT OF THE THE LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTIONS (PLANT WASTE)
  6. SITE OF LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTIONS
  7. SITE OF LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTIONS
  8. THIS WORD ROOT MEANS "TO MAKE"
  9. ALL ENERGY COMES FROM HERE

21 Clues: ALL ENERGY COMES FROM HERE • INPUT OF THE DARK REACTIONS • THIS WORD ROOT MEANS "GREEN" • THIS WORD ROOT MEANS "LIGHT" • THIS WORD ROOT MEANS "TO MAKE" • PLACE WHERE PHOTSYNTHESIS HAPPENS • SITE OF LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTIONS • SITE OF LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTIONS • THE LASER PLANTS USE TO SPLIT WATER • THIS STEP SPLITS WATER WITH SUNLIGHT • THIS STEP MAKES SUGAR FROM CO2 AND H+ • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-11-08

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. What is product of the Calvin Cycle?
  2. This is where the Calvin Cycle takes place in a plant cell.
  3. formula for glucose
  4. ability to do work
  5. provides chemical energy for cells
  6. organism that eats food for energy
  7. is an electron carrier(cheap battery)
  8. The pigments that absorb light energy
  9. the energy for photosynthesis come from
  10. are flattened, saclike membranes that are arranged in stacks
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  1. What is the small opening under a leaf called
  2. Organism that can make it’s own food
  3. Photosynthesis occurs here in cells
  4. waste product is formed in the light reactions photosynthesis
  5. 2. The _________ produced from photosynthesis is called Glucose?
  6. Is known as a dead battery
  7. all the things that are needed for a chemical reaction
  8. The product of the light reactions that are used by the Calvin cycle
  9. Stacks of thylakoids inside the chloroplast
  10. The stage of photsynthesis in which water is split

20 Clues: ability to do work • formula for glucose • Is known as a dead battery • provides chemical energy for cells • organism that eats food for energy • Photosynthesis occurs here in cells • Organism that can make it’s own food • What is product of the Calvin Cycle? • is an electron carrier(cheap battery) • The pigments that absorb light energy • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-12-07

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. The type of cell that controls water loss
  2. How gases get in and around a leaf
  3. The point where respiration occurs at the same rate as photosynthesis
  4. The waxy layer on the surface of a leaf
  5. One of the reactants needed for photosynthesis
  6. Site of respiration
  7. The water plant often used in photosynthesis experiments
  8. Where the energy for photosynthesis comes from
  9. Light absorbing layer in a leaf
  10. A semi-permeable layer around a cell
  11. Mineral needed to make chlorophyll
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  1. The gas detected by hydrogencarbonate indicator
  2. The green pigment in leaves
  3. Used to test for starch
  4. Removes chlorophyll from leaves when starch testing
  5. The waste gas produced in photosynthesis
  6. A leaf with both white and green parts
  7. A factor which prevents a reaction from going faster
  8. A hole on the bottom of a leaf
  9. The tissue which transports water around a plant

20 Clues: Site of respiration • Used to test for starch • The green pigment in leaves • A hole on the bottom of a leaf • Light absorbing layer in a leaf • How gases get in and around a leaf • Mineral needed to make chlorophyll • A semi-permeable layer around a cell • A leaf with both white and green parts • The waxy layer on the surface of a leaf • ...

photosynthesis 2024-01-05

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  1. energy used to form ATP from APD
  2. energy produced when solar energy is converted to chemical energy
  3. the fluid found within the chloroplast
  4. creates its own organic material for production of energy
  5. byproduct released during the light reaction segment of photosynthesis
  6. when carbon dioxide is added into organic molecules
  7. acronym for the energy produced when solar energy is converted to chemical energy
  8. chemical compound added to the Calvin Cycle section of photosynthesis
  9. chemical compound added to the light reaction section of photosynthesis
  10. byproduct released during the Calvin Cycle segment of photosynthesis
  11. the relationship between plants and organisms that breathe oxygen and have an unneeded byproduct of carbon dioxide during the process
  12. donates hydrogen and electrons to help power the Calvin Cycle
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  1. pigment that helps energy form the sun to be absorb in the organism for photosynthesis to occur
  2. a series of proteins embedded in the thylakoid membrane where electrons are deposited
  3. won the Nobel Prize for his work in discovering the Calvin Cycle section of photosynthesis
  4. stacks of thylakoids within the chloroplast
  5. also known as the dark reaction and takes place in the stroma of the chloroplast
  6. the sacs that contain pigments such as chlorophyll
  7. process by which autotrophic organisms use light energy to make sugar and oxygen gas from carbon dioxide and water
  8. process where water is split into hydrogen and oxygen during the light reaction
  9. organelle found in plants where photosynthesis occurs

21 Clues: energy used to form ATP from APD • the fluid found within the chloroplast • stacks of thylakoids within the chloroplast • the sacs that contain pigments such as chlorophyll • when carbon dioxide is added into organic molecules • organelle found in plants where photosynthesis occurs • creates its own organic material for production of energy • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-04-15

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Is the first stage of photosynthesis
  2. is the second stage of photosynthesis
  3. Is where CO2 enters the leaf
  4. The light reactions produce what
  5. Process plants use to make their own food from Sun's energy, CO2 &H2O
  6. Chlorophyll is what color pigment
  7. Term referring to the stack of thylakoid
  8. CO2 & H2O are ____ of photosynthesis
  9. Usable chemical energy
  10. where is chlorophyll located
  11. They are able to make their own food
  12. rely on other organisms to obtain their energy
  13. ____ Cells do not have chloroplasts
  14. Glucose and Oxygen are what of photosynthesis
  15. This is food for the plant
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  1. are flattened sacs of membranes
  2. The ____ carry water from the roots to the leaves
  3. Term referring to the fluid within the Chloroplasts
  4. Photosynthesis occurs in this part of the plant
  5. the calvin cycle produces what
  6. Glucose is converted to ATP during cellular _____
  7. THis is inside of the thylakoid
  8. Pigment that absorbs sunlight
  9. there are how many components necessary for photosynthesis to occur
  10. There are how many stages of photosynthesis
  11. How many molecules are required of CO2

26 Clues: Usable chemical energy • This is food for the plant • Is where CO2 enters the leaf • where is chlorophyll located • Pigment that absorbs sunlight • the calvin cycle produces what • are flattened sacs of membranes • THis is inside of the thylakoid • The light reactions produce what • Chlorophyll is what color pigment • ____ Cells do not have chloroplasts • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-01-15

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. organisms that go through
  2. where photosynthesis occurs
  3. transparent,tasteless,and odorless
  4. where water and sunlight are used
  5. light that the human eye can see
  6. they dont go through calvin cycle
  7. and important heat trapping gas
  8. go through the calvin cycle
  9. colors that absord light
  10. where the light reactions
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  1. occurs ( mostly in dark )
  2. O2
  3. one billionth of a meter
  4. the energy currency in biological systems
  5. provides the energy for photosynthesis
  6. green pigment that plants use to make food
  7. plants that open their stomata during the night
  8. the main sugar in blood
  9. pl. (more than 1)
  10. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves
  11. a jelly like fluid inside

21 Clues: O2 • pl. (more than 1) • the main sugar in blood • one billionth of a meter • colors that absord light • occurs ( mostly in dark ) • organisms that go through • a jelly like fluid inside • where the light reactions • where photosynthesis occurs • go through the calvin cycle • and important heat trapping gas • light that the human eye can see • where water and sunlight are used • ...

photosynthesis 2025-01-15

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  1. , the energy stored in petroleum , natural gas and coal
  2. ,plants that open their stomata during the night .
  3. , open their stomata during the day
  4. , the sun produces Visble light .
  5. , it help organism grow .
  6. , storing and transferring energy in cell
  7. pigments - when they absorb sunlight and don't produce energy .
  8. , it happen inside the thylakoids
  9. , when colors absorb the light , and produce energy from the sunlight
  10. , it is human hair
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  1. , chloroplast of plant cells .
  2. , plants take this and water from air and soil .
  3. ,has plants and some bacteria
  4. , plants use the energy of the sun to change water and carbon dioxide .
  5. ,stacks of structures called thylakoids .
  6. , it break down energy from the sun
  7. , it refers to xanthophyll and carotene
  8. , the tissue surrounding the stomach lining epithelium .
  9. don't go through the Calvin cycle
  10. , where organelle where photosynthesis occur .
  11. , this happen outside the thylakoids .
  12. , holes in underside leaves allows oxygen to escape and carbon dioxide to enter .

22 Clues: , it is human hair • , it help organism grow . • ,has plants and some bacteria • , chloroplast of plant cells . • , the sun produces Visble light . • , it happen inside the thylakoids • don't go through the Calvin cycle • , open their stomata during the day • , it break down energy from the sun • , this happen outside the thylakoids . • , it refers to xanthophyll and carotene • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-01-15

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. stomata opening during nighttime.
  2. comes from trees and plants.
  3. a portion of the electromagnetic radiation.
  4. a greenhouse gas.
  5. colors that absorb light.
  6. outside the thylakoid.
  7. H20
  8. organelle where photosynthesis occurs.
  9. adenosine triphosphate compounds.
  10. inside the thylakoid.
  11. oxygen leaving, carbon dioxide entering.
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  1. organisms that go through.
  2. a sugar with the molecular formula.
  3. the light colors of humans sight.
  4. a stack of thylakoids.
  5. stomata opening during the day.
  6. inside with the ETC.
  7. 4-carbon compounds.
  8. 1/1,000,000,000 of a meter.
  9. absorbing light.
  10. a jelly-like fluid in the dark.

21 Clues: H20 • absorbing light. • a greenhouse gas. • 4-carbon compounds. • inside with the ETC. • inside the thylakoid. • a stack of thylakoids. • outside the thylakoid. • colors that absorb light. • organisms that go through. • 1/1,000,000,000 of a meter. • comes from trees and plants. • stomata opening during the day. • a jelly-like fluid in the dark. • stomata opening during nighttime. • ...

photosynthesis 2025-01-15

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. makes its own food
  2. plant that cycles carbon dioxide into four-carbon sugar compounds
  3. helps organisms grow, and a O2 Bond
  4. H20 Bond
  5. the main type of sugar in the blood.
  6. the source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level.
  7. all colors of light
  8. a gas that absorbs and radiates heat.
  9. crassulacean acid metabolism
  10. absorption of light energy, splitting of water molecules
  11. three different carbons
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  1. the radiation that the sun gives off.
  2. The cells and tissues that support and give structure to organs
  3. the organelles responsible for photosynthesis
  4. is one billionth of a meter.
  5. plant is to absorb light
  6. the colours of the plants
  7. carbon cycle is fixed into sugars.
  8. the plural of granum
  9. chemical energy forms, ATP and NADPH
  10. exchange the gases by closing and opening the pores in the leaves.

21 Clues: H20 Bond • makes its own food • all colors of light • the plural of granum • plant is to absorb light • the colours of the plants • is one billionth of a meter. • crassulacean acid metabolism • carbon cycle is fixed into sugars. • helps organisms grow, and a O2 Bond • the main type of sugar in the blood. • chemical energy forms, ATP and NADPH • the radiation that the sun gives off. • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-10-02

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. where the light-dependent reactions take place and produce energy storage molecule ATP and the reduced electron carrier NADPH
  2. process of combining glucose molecules together
  3. is the reaction-centre chlorophyll a of a photosystem II
  4. light independent stage of photosynthesis
  5. their important function is to provide photoprotection, by absorption and dissipation excessive light energy
  6. a graph showing the absorption of light by photosynthetic pigments
  7. gaining electrons
  8. It is composed of a reaction-center complex, and several light-harvesting complexes.
  9. loss of electrons
  10. enzyme essential for the light-independent reaction
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  1. where protons accumulate in the light-dependent stages
  2. protons will move through this specialized channel to create the energy molecule
  3. it consists of various pigment molecules which absorbs photons, pass them further to a pair of “chlorophyll a” and finally to a primary electron acceptor.
  4. is the electron carrier in photosynthesis and is not produced in cyclic photophosphorylation
  5. splitting of water
  6. During the light stage, the pH in the thylakoid space drops to about 5, and the pH in the stroma increases to about 8, and this gradient of three pH units corresponds to a thousandfold different in H+ ……….
  7. It is a part of the photosystem and by accepting electrons it becomes reduced
  8. 5 carbon molecule that is carboxylated in the light-independent stages
  9. a stack of thylakoids
  10. carbon dioxide fixation with ribulose bisphosphate
  11. The ultimate goal of the light-independent reactions (or Calvin cycle) is to assemble a molecule of…
  12. Fixation, reduction and regeneration are the reactions taking place here
  13. electron flow pushes electrons from this molecule, where they are at a state of low potential energy, ultimately to NADPH, where they are stored at a state of high potential energy.

23 Clues: gaining electrons • loss of electrons • splitting of water • a stack of thylakoids • light independent stage of photosynthesis • process of combining glucose molecules together • carbon dioxide fixation with ribulose bisphosphate • enzyme essential for the light-independent reaction • where protons accumulate in the light-dependent stages • ...

photosynthesis 2024-09-19

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. organelle where photosynthesis occurs
  2. ion is needed to make chlorophyll
  3. product of photosynthesis that can be stored as starch
  4. microscopic holes allow for gas exchange
  5. soda lime should ______ all carbon dioxide
  6. plants are the _____ in a food chain
  7. process plants convert light energy into chemical energy
  8. helps to extract chlorophyll and help remove the green color of the leaves
  9. ______ epidermis have a large number of stomata
  10. provides wood with support and strength
  11. one of raw materials needed for photosynthesis to happen
  12. organ that carry out photosynthesis
  13. gas expelled by plants during photosynthesis
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  1. _____ mesophyll layer that contains many chloroplast
  2. pigment that absorbs light
  3. solution used to test for starch
  4. process breakdown nutrients to release energy
  5. _____ mesophyll layer that contain many air spaces
  6. to test for chlorophyll requirement, we can use ___ leaves
  7. _________ cell responsible for opening and closing of stomata
  8. leaf has ____ cuticle to stop too much water lost by transpiration

21 Clues: pigment that absorbs light • solution used to test for starch • ion is needed to make chlorophyll • organ that carry out photosynthesis • plants are the _____ in a food chain • organelle where photosynthesis occurs • provides wood with support and strength • microscopic holes allow for gas exchange • soda lime should ______ all carbon dioxide • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-10-31

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. gas makes sugar in the calvin cycle
  2. product of water and the light dependent
  3. the Right of the ATP molecule
  4. a other name for photosystem 2
  5. Make their own food
  6. It takes place in light dependent
  7. a other name for photosystem 1
  8. A other name for light dependent
  9. Eat other things
  10. The left of the ATP molecule
  11. Principal of all plant and pigment
  12. The middle of the ATP molecule
  13. They find their own food
  14. the fluid makes oxygen in light dependent
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  1. It takes place in the calvin cycle
  2. cycle A other name for light independent stage
  3. is light dependent and go in the calvin cycle
  4. A other name for Calvin cycle
  5. places the calvin cycle and is light dependent
  6. It is more energy then ATP
  7. the light dependent would not be without it
  8. plants gather the sun's energy with light absorbing molecules
  9. the thing can make own food
  10. It is used in cell division and Active transport
  11. It not consumer
  12. If you add phosphate it makes ATP
  13. for photosynthesis is 0 degree celsius to 35 degree celsius
  14. is a stack of thylakoids

28 Clues: It not consumer • Eat other things • Make their own food • is a stack of thylakoids • They find their own food • It is more energy then ATP • the thing can make own food • The left of the ATP molecule • A other name for Calvin cycle • the Right of the ATP molecule • a other name for photosystem 2 • a other name for photosystem 1 • The middle of the ATP molecule • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-01-16

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. doesnt go through calvin cycle to save water
  2. a stack of thylakoids
  3. gas used by the calvin cycle
  4. the pigment that makes plants green
  5. a jelly-like fluid inside surrounding the thylakoids where the Calvin cycle occurs
  6. comes from the calvin cycle
  7. occur in the thylakoid
  8. goes through calvin cycle
  9. organisms that go through photosynthesis
  10. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves
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  1. breaks down h20 into oxygen and hydrogen
  2. occurs in the stroma
  3. membranes inside where "the light-reaction" occur with the electron transport chain
  4. one billionth of a meter
  5. the colors of light that the human eye can see
  6. energy from light reactions
  7. organelle where photosynthesis occurs
  8. comes from h20
  9. gets broken apart by light in the thylakoid
  10. plants that open their stomata during the night
  11. colors that absorb light

21 Clues: comes from h20 • occurs in the stroma • a stack of thylakoids • occur in the thylakoid • one billionth of a meter • colors that absorb light • goes through calvin cycle • energy from light reactions • comes from the calvin cycle • gas used by the calvin cycle • the pigment that makes plants green • organelle where photosynthesis occurs • breaks down h20 into oxygen and hydrogen • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-01-16

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  1. a pigment present in all green plants and a few other organisms
  2. A type of sugar; the chief source of energy for living organisms
  3. is a plant that cycles carbon dioxide into four-carbon sugar compounds to enter into the Calvin cycle
  4. is a clear gas composed of one atom of carbon (C) and two atoms of oxygen (O)
  5. a type of plant that produces a three-carbon compound (3-phosphoglyceric acid) through the Calvin-Benson cycle\
  6. the electromagnetic radiation of the sun that reaches the earth, particularly infrared, visible light, and ultraviolet ligh
  7. a chemical element with an atomic number of 8
  8. is a photosynthetic adaptation to periodic water supply
  9. pouch-like sacs that are bound to a membrane in the chloroplasts of a plant cell
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  1. measured in a billionth
  2. the source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level
  3. the organelles responsible for photosynthesis
  4. certain photochemical reactions involved in photosynthesis, the main process by which plants acquire energy.
  5. little discs of membrane on which the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis take place
  6. a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states
  7. divided into three main stages: carbon fixation, reduction, and regeneration of the starting molecule
  8. organism that goes through photosynthesis
  9. The cells and tissues that support and give structure to organs, glands, or other tissues in the body
  10. Colors of light that human eyes can see
  11. any coloured material found in a plant or animal cell
  12. tiny openings present on the epidermis of leaves

21 Clues: measured in a billionth • Colors of light that human eyes can see • organism that goes through photosynthesis • the organelles responsible for photosynthesis • a chemical element with an atomic number of 8 • tiny openings present on the epidermis of leaves • any coloured material found in a plant or animal cell • is a photosynthetic adaptation to periodic water supply • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-01-16

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  1. can withstand drought
  2. means more than one thylakoid
  3. is the main thing in the calvin cycle
  4. pigments with different wavelengths
  5. a jelly like fluid
  6. is made from the calvin cycle
  7. occur inside the thylakoid
  8. goes through the calvin cycle
  9. organisms that go through photosynthesis
  10. microscopic holes on the underside of leaves
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  1. is needed to create NADPH
  2. occurs inside the stroma
  3. membranes inside where the light reactions occur
  4. one billionth of a meter
  5. White light goes into all colors
  6. transports the molecules out of the cell
  7. organelle where photosynthesis occurs
  8. helps in the creation of water
  9. given light has multiple uses
  10. grow very slowly and cant open in day
  11. colors that absorb light

21 Clues: a jelly like fluid • can withstand drought • occurs inside the stroma • one billionth of a meter • colors that absorb light • is needed to create NADPH • occur inside the thylakoid • means more than one thylakoid • is made from the calvin cycle • given light has multiple uses • goes through the calvin cycle • helps in the creation of water • White light goes into all colors • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-01-16

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. leaves have these
  2. similar to jelly
  3. this is made by the Calvin cycle
  4. A type of plant that opens their stomata during the night
  5. The chemical called NADPH is produced here
  6. This is also in the Light dependent reactions
  7. The Calvin Cycle needs this
  8. A process that uses water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight
  9. opposite of a heterotroph
  10. Green pigment in plants that is needed for the Calvin cycle
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  1. Photosynthesis occurs here
  2. multiple thylakoids
  3. something that absorbs light
  4. this is needed by the Calvin cycle
  5. Needed in the Light dependent reactions
  6. light that we can see
  7. Light reactions occur here
  8. A billionth of a measurement
  9. A type of plant that don't go through the Calvin cycle
  10. A type of plant that opens their stomata during the day and does goes through the Calvin cycle
  11. Also needed in the Light dependent reactions

21 Clues: similar to jelly • leaves have these • multiple thylakoids • light that we can see • opposite of a heterotroph • Photosynthesis occurs here • Light reactions occur here • The Calvin Cycle needs this • something that absorbs light • A billionth of a measurement • this is made by the Calvin cycle • this is needed by the Calvin cycle • Needed in the Light dependent reactions • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-12-05

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. what order to consreve H20 through Calvin cycle.
  2. occurs in the stroma( just outside of the thylakoid with in.
  3. A jelly-like fluid inside surrounding that thylakoids where'' the cavin cycle" occurs (mostly in dark)
  4. Dependent Reactions occur inside the thylakid
  5. what Plants use carbon dioxide, along with water and sunlight, to produce glucose and oxygen in the process of photosynthesis
  6. what the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis, the energy absorbed from sunlight is used to split water molecules.
  7. Photosynthesis maintains the balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere
  8. microscopic holes in the underside of leave ,allow oxygen to eacape.
  9. one billionth of a meter(1/1,000,000,000)used to measure the wavelength of light
  10. colors that absorb light process enery from the sunlight is absorb,ex. chlorohylla
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  1. organelle where photosyntheis occurs
  2. what the most plant are in c3 plants.
  3. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. Its molecule contains a magnesium atom held in a porphyrin ring.
  4. the color of light that human eye can see
  5. what plants that open their stromate.
  6. what the chemical reaction of photosynthesis results in the production of glucose
  7. oranisms that go through photosytesis example plant,some protisis (like algale or euglena), and some baccteria
  8. the stacks of thylakoids embedded in the stroma of a chloroplast
  9. During the light-dependent reactions, light energy is converted into chemical energy and stored in the form of ATP and NADPH
  10. membranes inside where the light-reactions
  11. an essential reactant for photosynthesis, where it combines with carbon dioxide to produce glucose and oxygen

21 Clues: organelle where photosyntheis occurs • what the most plant are in c3 plants. • what plants that open their stromate. • the color of light that human eye can see • membranes inside where the light-reactions • Dependent Reactions occur inside the thylakid • what order to consreve H20 through Calvin cycle. • occurs in the stroma( just outside of the thylakoid with in. • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-12-04

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. very good at tolerating drought
  2. Stack of thylakoids
  3. during Calvin cycle this gas is used
  4. Absorb light but don't produce
  5. Holes in the underside of leaves
  6. during Calvin cycle this is product
  7. occur inside the thylakoid
  8. What most plants you see are
  9. anything that goes through photosynthesis
  10. A jelly - like fluid surrounding thylakoids
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  1. What the light dependent reaction requires
  2. outside of the thylakoid
  3. Where the light-reactions occurs
  4. used to measure the wavelength of light
  5. colors of light that the human eye see
  6. Provides energy in the light dependent reaction
  7. where photosynthesis occurs
  8. waste in the light dependent reaction
  9. during light dependent reaction this is split
  10. open their stomata at night
  11. colors that absorb light

21 Clues: Stack of thylakoids • outside of the thylakoid • colors that absorb light • occur inside the thylakoid • where photosynthesis occurs • open their stomata at night • What most plants you see are • Absorb light but don't produce • very good at tolerating drought • Where the light-reactions occurs • Holes in the underside of leaves • during Calvin cycle this is product • ...

Photosynthesis 2025-12-04

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  1. avoid photorespiration by using another enzyme called PEP during the first step of carbon fixation
  2. little disks of membrane on which the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis take place.
  3. ormed intracellularly in the human body as a byproduct of metabolism
  4. he pigment that gives plants and algae their green color.
  5. a jelly fluid
  6. in blood
  7. occur inside of the thylakoids
  8. C3 plants go through the Calvin cycle, taking in carbon dioxide through the leaves' minuscule pores, called stomata
  9. examples:plants, some protists,and some bacteria
  10. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves
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  1. provides the energy for photosynthesis, by which plants form organic molecules
  2. occurd in the stroms
  3. inside of the membrane
  4. one billionth of a meter
  5. the colors of light that the human eye can see
  6. is the energy used by the cell converted from glucose
  7. organelle where photosynthesis occurs
  8. A colorless, odorless gas
  9. he main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms, in which it acts as a solvent.
  10. is a photosynthetic adaptation to periodic water suppl
  11. colors that absorb light

21 Clues: in blood • a jelly fluid • occurd in the stroms • inside of the membrane • one billionth of a meter • colors that absorb light • A colorless, odorless gas • occur inside of the thylakoids • organelle where photosynthesis occurs • microscopic holes in the underside of leaves • the colors of light that the human eye can see • examples:plants, some protists,and some bacteria • ...

photosynthesis 2025-12-05

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Discs or sacs that are flattened inside the chloroplast where the light dependent reactions occur
  2. The organelle within plant cells where photosynthesis takes place
  3. Stacks of thylakoids within the chloroplast
  4. Seperates CO2 fixation and Calvin Cycle by location
  5. The initial energy source for photosynthesis
  6. Small tiny openings on leaves
  7. Often used to measure the wavelengths of light
  8. The primary green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photsynthesis
  9. The sugar(food) product made by the Calvin Cycle
  10. Most common plant; first product has 3 carbons
  11. The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye
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  1. The organelle where photosynthesis takes place
  2. The energy molecule used to power the Calvin Cycle
  3. The first stage of photosynthesis, which captures energy from sunlight and converts it into ATP and NADPH
  4. Molecule split to release oxygen
  5. Separates CO2 fication and Calvin Cycle by time (night/day)
  6. The gas plants release into the air
  7. Molecules that observe specific wavelengths of light
  8. The fluid surrounding grana, where the Calvin Cycle occurs
  9. The second stage of photosynthesis which uses ATP and NADPH to convert CO2 to sugar
  10. The gas from the air plants use to make sugar

21 Clues: Small tiny openings on leaves • Molecule split to release oxygen • The gas plants release into the air • Stacks of thylakoids within the chloroplast • The initial energy source for photosynthesis • The gas from the air plants use to make sugar • The organelle where photosynthesis takes place • Often used to measure the wavelengths of light • ...

Photosynthesis 2023-10-02

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. where cellular respiration mostly takes place
  2. stores water and food
  3. produces and transports protein cells
  4. plants need this for energy
  5. the part of the food chain that gets their energy from the primary consumer
  6. allows some things to come in and out of the cell
  7. creates protein cells
  8. the part of the food chain that gets their energy from the secondary consumer
  9. the part of the food chain that gets their energy from the producer
  10. plants release this
  11. the amount of energy that goes from animal to animal
  12. contains DNA
  13. we breathe this out
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  1. multiple food chains
  2. the result of cellular respiration
  3. the jellylike substance holding the organelles
  4. the sugar plants make
  5. that are broken in foods when we digest for energy
  6. the part of the food chain that gets their energy directly form the sun
  7. plants collect this with their roots
  8. animal cells do this process for extra energy
  9. collects the sunlight
  10. the process in which plants make their own food
  11. collects carbon dioxide and releases oxygen in the plant
  12. breaks down dead animals

25 Clues: contains DNA • plants release this • we breathe this out • multiple food chains • stores water and food • the sugar plants make • collects the sunlight • creates protein cells • breaks down dead animals • plants need this for energy • the result of cellular respiration • plants collect this with their roots • produces and transports protein cells • ...

photosynthesis 2016-06-13

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  1. series that repeats many times
  2. a cycle of Biochemical redox reactions
  3. Electrons move from the quinone primary electron acceptor through a chain of ...
  4. Tissue cells of any organ
  5. the most important element for photosynthesis take place
  6. Happen when the ATP is usted to make glucose
  7. Three of the Four Stages in Photosynthesis Occur Only during...
  8. the only living thing on earth that are capable of converting the sun’s energy into food.
  9. captures the sun’s rays and creates sugary carbohydrates or energy, which allows the plant to grow.
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  1. Any of a class of yellow to red plant pigments
  2. the energy from light propels the electrons from a photosystem into a high-energy state.
  3. an organic compound that provides energy for many different metabolic processes
  4. chloroplasts contain a third membrane
  5. is the first protein complex in the light-dependent reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis. It is located in the thylakoid membrane
  6. C6H12O6
  7. is the second photosystem in the photosynthetic light reactions of algae, plants, and some bacteria.
  8. contains chlorophyll
  9. the process used by plants, algae and certain bacteria to harness energy from sunlight into chemical energy.
  10. made in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts during the light dependent stage of photosynthesis
  11. Thylakoids stacked

20 Clues: C6H12O6 • Thylakoids stacked • contains chlorophyll • Tissue cells of any organ • series that repeats many times • chloroplasts contain a third membrane • a cycle of Biochemical redox reactions • Happen when the ATP is usted to make glucose • Any of a class of yellow to red plant pigments • the most important element for photosynthesis take place • ...

Photosynthesis 2017-01-31

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. A product of the light-independent reactions.
  2. The energy transformation in photosynthesis is light to ___________.
  3. Stacks of thylakoids.
  4. Another product of the light-independent reactions.
  5. During the light reactions, plants produce _________________ gas.
  6. Where energy in molecules is stored
  7. What ATP stands for
  8. A molecule made during the light reactions that stores energy
  9. During the ___________________________ reactions, sunlight is absorbed by plants and energy storage molecules are created.
  10. The primary sugar formed in photosynthesis.
  11. ATP and _________________ are energy storage molecules that provide energy to make sugar.
  12. Where the light-dependent reactions take place.
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  1. The chloroplast is a _________________ membrane organelle.
  2. Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
  3. When light contacts the thylakoid, electrons become _____________________.
  4. What happens to the last phosphate when ATP is used for energy
  5. All plants are __________________.
  6. ATP and NADPH are created during the ________________________________ chain.
  7. An atmospheric gas required to make sugar.
  8. A process in which plants make glucose using light energy, water, and carbon dioxide
  9. Another name for the light-independent reactions.
  10. Where the light-independent reactions take place
  11. One factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis
  12. This pigment absorbs most of the sunlight and gives leaves their green color.
  13. The color chlorophyll reflects.

25 Clues: What ATP stands for • Stacks of thylakoids. • The color chlorophyll reflects. • All plants are __________________. • Where energy in molecules is stored • An atmospheric gas required to make sugar. • The primary sugar formed in photosynthesis. • A product of the light-independent reactions. • Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place • ...

Photosynthesis 2017-01-31

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Another product of the light-independent reactions.
  2. Stacks of thylakoids.
  3. Where the light-independent reactions take place
  4. What ATP stands for
  5. The chloroplast is a _________________ membrane organelle.
  6. An atmospheric gas required to make sugar.
  7. Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
  8. One factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis
  9. A process in which plants make glucose using light energy, water, and carbon dioxide
  10. The energy transformation in photosynthesis is light to ___________.
  11. When light contacts the thylakoid, electrons become _____________________.
  12. What happens to the last phosphate when ATP is used for energy
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  1. All plants are __________________.
  2. The primary sugar formed in photosynthesis.
  3. A molecule made during the light reactions that stores energy
  4. During the light reactions, plants produce _________________ gas.
  5. The color chlorophyll reflects.
  6. ATP and _________________ are energy storage molecules that provide energy to make sugar.
  7. Another name for the light-independent reactions.
  8. ATP and NADPH are created during the ________________________________ chain.
  9. A product of the light-independent reactions.
  10. This pigment absorbs most of the sunlight and gives leaves their green color.
  11. Where energy in molecules is stored
  12. During the ___________________________ reactions, sunlight is absorbed by plants and energy storage molecules are created.
  13. Where the light-dependent reactions take place.

25 Clues: What ATP stands for • Stacks of thylakoids. • The color chlorophyll reflects. • All plants are __________________. • Where energy in molecules is stored • An atmospheric gas required to make sugar. • The primary sugar formed in photosynthesis. • A product of the light-independent reactions. • Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place • ...

Photosynthesis 2017-10-13

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. 5
  2. 1
  3. 19
  4. 4
  5. 27
  6. 13
  7. 14
  8. 9
  9. 28
  10. 8
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 20
  14. 24
  15. 26
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  1. 23
  2. 16
  3. 6
  4. 18
  5. 7
  6. 29
  7. 12
  8. 3
  9. 21
  10. 22
  11. 2
  12. 15
  13. 17
  14. 25

29 Clues: 6 • 5 • 7 • 1 • 3 • 4 • 2 • 9 • 8 • 23 • 16 • 18 • 29 • 12 • 19 • 27 • 13 • 21 • 22 • 14 • 15 • 28 • 10 • 11 • 17 • 20 • 25 • 24 • 26

PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2018-04-16

PHOTOSYNTHESIS crossword puzzle
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  1. Adenosine triphosphate
  2. relating to biology or living organisms.
  3. the action of reproduction
  4. thing that gives us light
  5. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
  6. cutting down the forests
  7. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, which is responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
  8. each of a number of small areas of habitat, typically of one square metre, selected at random to act as samples for assessing the local distribution of plants or animals.
  9. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial
  10. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a by-product.
  11. tiny opening in the epidermis of a plant
  12. has no effect
  13. non living
  14. all the inhabitants of a particular place.
  15. take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect the results of an experiment).
  16. when a plant absorbs water in its roots
  17. air
  18. the state or process of rotting; decay.
  19. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth or another planet occupied by living organisms.
  20. the action of breathing.
  21. everything is made up of it
  22. the hunter
  23. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
  24. add an animal into a new area
  25. the spreading of something more widely
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  1. living
  2. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm
  3. no water
  4. the hunters meal
  5. symbiosis which is beneficial to both organisms involved.
  6. the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
  7. to capture a second time
  8. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
  9. take into one's possession or control by force.
  10. the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.
  11. water disappearing
  12. a glasshouse that is used for growing plants
  13. the action of working with someone to produce something
  14. interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both
  15. an organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. It has a double membrane, the inner part being folded inwards to form layers (cristae).
  16. water filling in everywhere
  17. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  18. the practice of living as a parasite on or with another animal or organism
  19. the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
  20. the activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others
  21. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  22. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
  23. litter and carbon emissions
  24. a burning element
  25. setting alight

50 Clues: air • living • no water • non living • the hunter • has no effect • setting alight • the hunters meal • a burning element • water disappearing • Adenosine triphosphate • to capture a second time • cutting down the forests • the action of breathing. • thing that gives us light • the action of reproduction • water filling in everywhere • litter and carbon emissions • everything is made up of it • ...

photosynthesis 2012-10-02

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  1. cell layer in plants that contain chloroplasts
  2. where Calvin cycle occurs
  3. conversion of solar energy in to chemical energy
  4. photosynthesis used by desert plants
  5. energy molecule made during the light reaction
  6. green pigment in plants
  7. coenzyme made during the light reaction
  8. organisms that make their own food
  9. aka consumers
  10. product of CO2Fixation phase in Calvin cycle
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  1. energy used by plants
  2. site of light absorption and electron excitation
  3. where light reaction occurs
  4. reaction that converts CO2 in to carbohydrate (6,5)
  5. organelle that conducts photosynthesis
  6. hole in the leaf that lets oxygen diffuse out and CO2 in
  7. molecule that is split during light reaction
  8. pumps H+ ions in to thylakoid as electrons move along
  9. reaction of oxidation and reduction combined
  10. 5 carbon molecule
  11. product of CO2 Reduction phase in Calvin cycle

21 Clues: aka consumers • 5 carbon molecule • energy used by plants • green pigment in plants • where Calvin cycle occurs • where light reaction occurs • organisms that make their own food • photosynthesis used by desert plants • organelle that conducts photosynthesis • coenzyme made during the light reaction • molecule that is split during light reaction • ...

PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2014-09-21

PHOTOSYNTHESIS crossword puzzle
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  1. the capacity of a system to do work
  2. what the leaves take in
  3. an organism such as a flower of tree that does photosynthesis
  4. organism that can't make its own food
  5. energy from the sun
  6. what is released through the stomata in groups of 2
  7. where carbon dioxide enters the plant
  8. a source of energy for photosynthesis
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  1. the part of the leaf that captures light energy
  2. energy stored in chemicals
  3. the parts of the plant that collect sunlight
  4. the part of the plant that takes in water
  5. when plant cells capture energy to make food
  6. the part of the plant where glucose and oxygen are created
  7. a type of sugar
  8. organism that can make its own food
  9. what the roots take in
  10. the number of stages in photosynthesis
  11. another word for glucose
  12. the color chlorophyll that leaves the plant in Autumn

20 Clues: a type of sugar • energy from the sun • what the roots take in • what the leaves take in • another word for glucose • energy stored in chemicals • the capacity of a system to do work • organism that can make its own food • organism that can't make its own food • where carbon dioxide enters the plant • a source of energy for photosynthesis • the number of stages in photosynthesis • ...

photosynthesis 2021-02-24

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. a chemical that makes plants green.
  2. part of plants that absorb minerals to the plant from the ground.
  3. cell that contains chlorophyll.
  4. transport tissue that carries water.
  5. sponge-like cell in leaves.
  6. plants need this in order to maintain a healthy nutrition.
  7. artificial light source (has fire).
  8. gas that is needed for photosynthesis (two words, no space).
  9. natural energy and light source.
  10. something to make soil more vertile and help the plants grow.
  11. something from the sun that you need for photosynthesis.
  12. the waste product of photosynthesis.
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  1. a process that living things do to produce energy.
  2. something that is trapped by the
  3. process in which plants make their own food.
  4. waxy layer on leaves.
  5. a photosynthesis product that is being translocated.
  6. photosynthesis product.
  7. a place of gas exchange in plants.
  8. one of the things you need for photosynthesis.
  9. parts of plant that photosynthesis occurs in.

21 Clues: waxy layer on leaves. • photosynthesis product. • sponge-like cell in leaves. • cell that contains chlorophyll. • something that is trapped by the • natural energy and light source. • a place of gas exchange in plants. • a chemical that makes plants green. • artificial light source (has fire). • transport tissue that carries water. • the waste product of photosynthesis. • ...

Photosynthesis 2021-02-24

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. to produce
  2. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
  3. to make into a product suitable for use.
  4. to produce again: such as. a : to produce (new individuals of the same kind) by a sexual or asexual process.
  5. The chloroplast, found only in algal and plant cells, is a cell organelle that produces energy through photosynthesis. The word chloroplast comes from the Greek words khloros, meaning “green”, and plastes, meaning “formed”
  6. in the end.
  7. able to do something : having the qualities or abilities that are needed to do something. :
  8. a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.
  9. Dioxide a colourless, odourless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 per cent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.
  10. the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy
  11. allow (something) to move, act, or flow freely.
  12. is a colourless gas that exists in large quantities in the air. All plants and animals need oxygen in order to live.
  13. the vascular tissue in plants which conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.
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  1. an act, process, or instance of transporting or being transported.
  2. an odourless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes
  3. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, which is responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
  4. the starchy tuberous root of a tropical tree, used as food in tropical countries.
  5. light
  6. take the place of, put (something) back in a previous place or position.
  7. a component part or element of something
  8. needed to be done, achieved, or present; essential.
  9. a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
  10. prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening
  11. the vascular tissue in plants which conducts sugars and other metabolic products downwards from the leaves.
  12. a colourless, odourless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 per cent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.
  13. light from the sun

26 Clues: light • to produce • in the end. • light from the sun • to make into a product suitable for use. • a component part or element of something • prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening • allow (something) to move, act, or flow freely. • needed to be done, achieved, or present; essential. • an act, process, or instance of transporting or being transported. • ...

Photosynthesis 2021-03-12

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cellular organelle where photosynthesis takes place
  2. Energized, passed along the electron transport chain
  3. Site of calvin cycle
  4. Stack of thylakoids
  5. Glucose is stored as ________.
  6. Stage of photosynthesis that requires light
  7. A reactant of photosynthesis that splits during the light dependent reactions
  8. Transports water and nutrients in the leaf
  9. Beginning of the food chain
  10. Reactant in photosynthesis
  11. Opening in the leaf, allows gas exchange
  12. Product of light dependent reaction that is required by Calvin cycle
  13. Sugar(carbohydrate) produced in photosynthesis
Down
  1. Basic building block of organic matter
  2. Reactant in photosynthesis
  3. Main site of photosynthesis in the chloroplast
  4. Waxy, upper surface of the leaf
  5. Main photosynthetic pigment
  6. Site of the light dependent reactions
  7. Main source of fuel for all organisms
  8. Layer of cells that allow exchange of gases
  9. Packets of light energy
  10. Second stage of photosynthesis that doesn't require light
  11. Atmospheric byproduct of photosynthesis

24 Clues: Stack of thylakoids • Site of calvin cycle • Packets of light energy • Reactant in photosynthesis • Reactant in photosynthesis • Main photosynthetic pigment • Beginning of the food chain • Glucose is stored as ________. • Waxy, upper surface of the leaf • Site of the light dependent reactions • Main source of fuel for all organisms • Basic building block of organic matter • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-02-28

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. carbon dioxide + water -> ______ + oxygen
  2. allows plants to fix CO2 into 4-carbon compounds
  3. where does the calvincycle occur
  4. plants that use the calvin cycle are called ______
  5. converting CO2 and water to sugar using sunlight
  6. responsible for collecting sunlight
  7. can be reflected, transmitted, or absorbed
  8. organisms able to make their own food
  9. replace those lost by photosystem 2
  10. helps capture sunlight(accessory pigment)
  11. enzyme assisted reactions that produce a three-carbon sugar
  12. other accesory pigments(yellow, orange, browns)
  13. leaves the plant as waste
  14. open stomata at night and close during the day(opposite of normal plants)
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  1. capture energy from sunlight
  2. stay in the the thylakoid
  3. compounds that absorb light
  4. directly involved in light reactions
  5. organisms that must get their food from other sources
  6. carbon from CO2 is converted to sugars
  7. allows the plant to capture more light energy
  8. made of many colors called visible spectrum
  9. can be classified according to how they get energy

23 Clues: stay in the the thylakoid • leaves the plant as waste • compounds that absorb light • capture energy from sunlight • where does the calvincycle occur • responsible for collecting sunlight • replace those lost by photosystem 2 • directly involved in light reactions • organisms able to make their own food • carbon from CO2 is converted to sugars • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-03-04

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Stack of thylakoids
  2. organic compounds formed from C02 and ATP
  3. Converting c02 and water to sugar using sunlight Used in photosynthesis and is the main source of all energy
  4. Organisms that make their own food
  5. The end result of photosynthesis and is used as energy.
  6. absorbs energy from sunlight
  7. Compounds that absorb light
  8. a carrier molecule
  9. fluids outside of thylakoids
Down
  1. sugar that is used as energy for plants
  2. plants using calvin cycle are called
  3. ATP but before a phosphate group is added.
  4. a series of molecules in thylakoids
  5. Organisms that need other sources as energy.
  6. flattened discs in the chloroplasts
  7. other accessory pigments
  8. plants us 6 of these in photosynthesis to create glucose.
  9. Waste product of photosynthesis
  10. Responsible for collecting sunlight
  11. light energy from sun is converted to chemical energy

20 Clues: a carrier molecule • Stack of thylakoids • other accessory pigments • Compounds that absorb light • absorbs energy from sunlight • fluids outside of thylakoids • Waste product of photosynthesis • Organisms that make their own food • a series of molecules in thylakoids • flattened discs in the chloroplasts • Responsible for collecting sunlight • plants using calvin cycle are called • ...

Photosynthesis 2022-05-19

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. also called fiber
  2. living things that eat other living things
  3. molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
  4. any living thing that makes its own food
  5. color of chlorophyll
  6. what happens in your cells to use energy
  7. simple sugar
  8. there are 12 of these in a glucose molecule
  9. complex molecule found in potatoes
  10. the type of energy plants convert into food
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  1. breaks down dead stuff
  2. a gas that plants take in
  3. what we call simple carbohydrates
  4. any atom or group of atoms that are stuck together
  5. the anchors of a plant that take in water
  6. this can be a limiting factor for photosynthesis if it gets too high or low
  7. gas given off by plants
  8. where photosynthesis happens in a plant cell
  9. pores on leaves
  10. the unit of energy your body uses

20 Clues: simple sugar • pores on leaves • also called fiber • color of chlorophyll • breaks down dead stuff • gas given off by plants • a gas that plants take in • what we call simple carbohydrates • the unit of energy your body uses • complex molecule found in potatoes • any living thing that makes its own food • what happens in your cells to use energy • ...

photosynthesis 2021-11-23

photosynthesis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. can't handle hot dry and sunny conditions
  2. 1st step of calvin cycle
  3. comes in as CO2
  4. a wasteful process
  5. 3rd step in calvin cycle
  6. energy
  7. Used in photosystem I
  8. free energy is absorbed
  9. used in photosystem II
  10. used 2nd in light reactions
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  1. it's role is to attach CO2 to RuBP
  2. allows for the extra ATP needed
  3. similar to citric acid cycle
  4. used 1st in light reactions
  5. green pigment
  6. provide photoprotection for plant
  7. 2nd step of calvin cycle
  8. free liquid in chloroplasts
  9. absorbs violet, blue, and red wavelengths
  10. pathways that build molecules

20 Clues: energy • green pigment • comes in as CO2 • a wasteful process • Used in photosystem I • used in photosystem II • free energy is absorbed • 1st step of calvin cycle • 3rd step in calvin cycle • 2nd step of calvin cycle • used 1st in light reactions • free liquid in chloroplasts • used 2nd in light reactions • similar to citric acid cycle • pathways that build molecules • ...

PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2021-02-19

PHOTOSYNTHESIS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. carries water
  2. waste of photosynthesis
  3. a way sugar move from source to sink
  4. a type of ground tissue found in the plant's leaves
  5. where photosynthesis takes place
  6. one of the raw materials of photosynthesis
  7. when photosynthesis takes place
  8. how plants take in carbon dioxide
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  1. a green pigment found in plants
  2. the colour of chlorophyll
  3. how the guard cells take in water
  4. allowing gas exchange and controlling water loss
  5. a process used by plants to convert light energy into chemical
  6. a hole that can control the rate of gas exchange
  7. product of photosynthesis
  8. how sugar is transported from source to sink
  9. sink of a sugar/sucrose
  10. a waxy cuticle that is like a protective barrier
  11. water loss that cause the stomata to close
  12. primary source of energy

20 Clues: carries water • waste of photosynthesis • sink of a sugar/sucrose • primary source of energy • the colour of chlorophyll • product of photosynthesis • a green pigment found in plants • when photosynthesis takes place • where photosynthesis takes place • how the guard cells take in water • how plants take in carbon dioxide • a way sugar move from source to sink • ...