photosynthesis Crossword Puzzles

Sam Harward crossward 2016-12-08

Sam Harward crossward crossword puzzle
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  1. of a high-energy phosphate group
  2. is a green pigment found in Plant cells.
  3. creates its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
  4. thanby photosynthesis
  5. place in chloroplasts during photosynthesis.
  6. cannot produce their own food and must eat other
  7. energy during the process of aerobic respiration
  8. helps trap sunlight to perform photosynthesis
  9. to, involving, or requiring free oxygen.
  10. heterotroph is like a human or other animal;
  11. the set of chemical reactions that
  12. to live.
  13. sequence of reactions by which most living cells
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  1. mitochondria is the 'powerhouse' of the cell.
  2. a high-energy molecule found in every cell.
  3. organism, typically a bacterium,
  4. colorless syrupy organic acid formed in sour milk
  5. energy and pyruvic acid.
  6. organism that obtains energy through chemosynthesis
  7. breakdown of glucose by enzymes,
  8. plastid that contains chlorophyll
  9. An autotroph is an organism
  10. in which photosynthesis takes place.
  11. is the main source of energy (ATP) in a cell
  12. to ATP for the storing of energy by the
  13. is like a plant or protist
  14. produced in the muscle tissues during strenuous exercise.

27 Clues: to live. • thanby photosynthesis • energy and pyruvic acid. • is like a plant or protist • An autotroph is an organism • of a high-energy phosphate group • organism, typically a bacterium, • breakdown of glucose by enzymes, • plastid that contains chlorophyll • the set of chemical reactions that • in which photosynthesis takes place. • to ATP for the storing of energy by the • ...

Cells and Organelles Review 2025-05-29

Cells and Organelles Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Living organism used in a lab to show cellular respiration
  2. Does photosynthesis in plant cells
  3. Selectively permeable layer around the cell
  4. Instructions for the cell; stored in nucleus
  5. Process of making energy from sugar
  6. Process plants use to make food from sunlight
  7. Causes water to leave plant cells and vacuole to shrink
  8. Inflated during yeast lab from carbon dioxide gas
  9. Made by plants during photosynthesis; used for energy
  10. Gas released during photosynthesis
  11. Stores materials like water, food, and waste in cells
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  1. Control center of the cell; holds DNA
  2. Allows some materials through but blocks others
  3. Rigid support layer found only in plants
  4. Plant cell without chloroplasts because it grows underground
  5. Aquatic plant used in microscope labs; has visible chloroplasts
  6. Stores water; helps plants stay upright
  7. Gas released during respiration
  8. Breaks down sugar to release energy (ATP)
  9. Another name for sugar made in photosynthesis

20 Clues: Gas released during respiration • Does photosynthesis in plant cells • Gas released during photosynthesis • Process of making energy from sugar • Control center of the cell; holds DNA • Stores water; helps plants stay upright • Rigid support layer found only in plants • Breaks down sugar to release energy (ATP) • Selectively permeable layer around the cell • ...

Plant Life Systems 2022-11-13

Plant Life Systems crossword puzzle
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  1. Source of carbon for photosynthesis.
  2. Main product of photosynthesis.
  3. Source of hydrogen for photosynthesis.
  4. Product of respiration.
  5. A practice that prevents excessive growth in non-terminated canes.
  6. The system that includes releasing water vapour into the air.
  7. When a plant is alive but not using energy.
  8. Two-way tubes transporting glucose.
  9. How plants store glucose in their roots, pith and seeds.
  10. The system that uses water pumped up from the roots.
  11. Late summer __________ removal is a practice that stops unproductive new leaves from shading the older canopy.
  12. The practice of __________ pruning removes leaves that are not feeding our fruit.
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  1. Byproduct of respiration.
  2. A practice that stops energy storage in the roots temporarily.
  3. One-way tubes transporting water and nutrients from the roots.
  4. The practice of __________ management focuses on developing new canes for future harvests.
  5. Byproduct of photosynthesis.
  6. The basic principle of summer work, is canopy __________?
  7. How animals, fungi and bacteria store glucose.
  8. A non-fruiting shoot.
  9. A sugar mammals make from glucose.

21 Clues: A non-fruiting shoot. • Product of respiration. • Byproduct of respiration. • Byproduct of photosynthesis. • Main product of photosynthesis. • A sugar mammals make from glucose. • Two-way tubes transporting glucose. • Source of carbon for photosynthesis. • Source of hydrogen for photosynthesis. • When a plant is alive but not using energy. • ...

Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis 2022-01-24

Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. a stack of thylakoids
  2. Different __________________ have different colours in photosynthesis
  3. Primary light absorbing pigment in autotrophs
  4. Photosynthesis happens in __________________
  5. Gain of electrons
  6. process in plant metabolism using some of the energy produced by photosynthesis, where the enzyme RuBisCO oxygenates RuBP
  7. Organisms that make their own food
  8. A series of protein complexes and other molecules that transfer electrons from donors to acceptors
  9. An 8-step process in the mitochondria matrix
  10. Organisms that can't make their own food
  11. Loss of electrons
  12. Sac-like photosynthetic membranes inside chloroplasts
  13. A 10-step process that occurs in the cytoplasm
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  1. Three phases that include: carbon fixation, reduction reactions and RuBP regeneration
  2. all organisms must perform ___________________ to get ATP
  3. Occurs in the stroma of the chloroplasts during photosyntheisis
  4. Occurs in the thylakoids of the chloroplasts during photosynthesis
  5. 2 NADH form in __________________
  6. A process of diffusion of ions usually H+ ions
  7. The balanced chemical equation for ___________________ is 6CO2 + 6H20 = C6H1206 +6O2

20 Clues: Gain of electrons • Loss of electrons • a stack of thylakoids • 2 NADH form in __________________ • Organisms that make their own food • Organisms that can't make their own food • Photosynthesis happens in __________________ • An 8-step process in the mitochondria matrix • Primary light absorbing pigment in autotrophs • A process of diffusion of ions usually H+ ions • ...

Levels of organization and photosynthesis 2023-02-01

Levels of organization and photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. what is made up of organelles?
  2. Where does carbon dioxide enter the leaf of a plant?
  3. this type of cell does NOT have a nucleus
  4. what is the energy carrying molecule called that is created during the first step of photosynthesis?
  5. what time of reaction is photosynthesis?
  6. similar cells grouped closely together
  7. basic unit of life
  8. what is the second step of photosynthesis called?
  9. what shape are plant cells?
  10. what is the smallest level of organization?
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  1. Process of using sunlight energy to synthesize glucose from carbon dioxide and water.
  2. Epithelial, connective, muscular and nervous are all types of what?
  3. what gas do plants give off?
  4. this type of cell does have a nucleus
  5. a living thing
  6. the cells organs
  7. group of tissue that works together
  8. where does photosynthesis take place?
  9. when atoms come together to create a bond
  10. what is produced during the calvin cycle
  11. the "brain" of the cell
  12. dioxide what gas do humans give off?

22 Clues: a living thing • the cells organs • basic unit of life • the "brain" of the cell • what shape are plant cells? • what gas do plants give off? • what is made up of organelles? • group of tissue that works together • dioxide what gas do humans give off? • this type of cell does have a nucleus • where does photosynthesis take place? • similar cells grouped closely together • ...

Chapter 9 Photosynthesis 2023-01-12

Chapter 9 Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. name of the green pigment required for photosynthesis
  2. Specialized structures that allow gas to enter and leave the leaf.
  3. The product of photosynthesis.
  4. Place where dark reactions occur
  5. A compound needed for photosynthesis.
  6. A by-product of photosynthesis.
  7. A compound needed for photosynthesis.
  8. The process by which plants and some bacteria use the energy from sunlight to produce sugar.
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  1. Flattened sacs or vesicles containing photosynthetic chemicals.
  2. Part of the plant where photosynthesis generally occurs.
  3. Place where light reactions occur.
  4. An animal that eats plants
  5. Molecule used to store energy.
  6. Chlorophyll absorbs every color of sunlight except this.
  7. during the light dependent reactions, molecules of nadp will be converted into molecules of
  8. the ultimate source of energy for all life on Earth

16 Clues: An animal that eats plants • The product of photosynthesis. • Molecule used to store energy. • A by-product of photosynthesis. • Place where dark reactions occur • Place where light reactions occur. • A compound needed for photosynthesis. • A compound needed for photosynthesis. • the ultimate source of energy for all life on Earth • ...

Biology Choice Board 2022-09-28

Biology Choice Board crossword puzzle
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  1. reactions - first step of photosynthesis
  2. - first step in aerobic respiration
  3. - type of organism that breaks down biotic compounds
  4. Cycle - second step of aerobic respiration
  5. - all water on earth
  6. - second step of aerobic respiration
  7. - process of turning sun into light
  8. - charged energy storage with 3 phosphorus groups
  9. - site of photosynthesis
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  1. respiration - process of breaking down to make ATP
  2. - all soil and rocks on earth
  3. - all living things
  4. substance at the beginning of a chemical reaction
  5. - pigment in chloroplasts
  6. - substance created during a chemical reaction
  7. reactions - second step of photosynthesis
  8. - type of organisms
  9. - sphere of earth, all gases surrounding earth
  10. - anything that has mass

19 Clues: - all living things • - type of organisms • - all water on earth • - site of photosynthesis • - pigment in chloroplasts • - anything that has mass • - all soil and rocks on earth • - first step in aerobic respiration • - process of turning sun into light • - second step of aerobic respiration • reactions - first step of photosynthesis • reactions - second step of photosynthesis • ...

Choice Board 2022-09-27

Choice Board crossword puzzle
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  1. second step of anaerobic respriation
  2. Adenosine phosphate, unchanged energy storage molecule with 2 phosphates
  3. first step of aerobic resp breaks down glucose
  4. process of resp and energy
  5. sphere of the earth, all gases surrounding earth
  6. nutrient forms the backbone for all macro macromolecules
  7. sphere of earth, all rocks and soil
  8. sphere of the earth, all living things on earth
  9. describes a situation in which oxygen is present
  10. second step of photosynthesis uses energy in ATP and NADPH
  11. type of organism that eat other orgasimns to get energy
  12. process of breaking down glucose to make ATP
  13. second step of aerobic resp releases CO2
  14. pigment in choloplast used to trap light energy duing photosynthesis
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  1. nutrient used in proteins
  2. type of organism that is able to make its own food
  3. site of photosynthesis
  4. describes a situation in which oxygen is not present
  5. process of using light energy to make food
  6. type of organism that breaks down compounds
  7. first step of photosynthesis uses sunlight
  8. anything that has mass and takes up space
  9. adensine triphosphate, changed energy storage
  10. third step of photosynthesis
  11. uses in phosphates
  12. sphere of earth, water
  13. at the beinning of a chemical reaction
  14. substance created durign chemical reaction

28 Clues: uses in phosphates • site of photosynthesis • sphere of earth, water • nutrient used in proteins • process of resp and energy • third step of photosynthesis • sphere of earth, all rocks and soil • second step of anaerobic respriation • at the beinning of a chemical reaction • second step of aerobic resp releases CO2 • anything that has mass and takes up space • ...

Plant Cells 2025-10-13

Plant Cells crossword puzzle
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  1. Organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs.
  2. Plants with a system of tissues for transporting water and nutrients.
  3. Vascular bundles in a leaf that transport water, nutrients, and sugars.
  4. A waxy layer on a leaf to prevent water loss.
  5. An organism that produces its own food.
  6. Pores on the leaf surface that regulate gas exchange.
  7. Plants that lack a vascular transport system, like mosses.
  8. Cells surrounding stomata that regulate their opening and closing.
  9. An organism that gets food by consuming other organisms.
  10. A group of similar cells working together.
  11. Non-flowering, seed-producing plants, like conifers.
  12. Flowering plants.
  13. The top, protective layer of a leaf.
  14. The lower layer of mesophyll cells with air spaces for gas exchange.
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  1. The bottom, protective layer of a leaf, where most stomata are located.
  2. Small, nonvascular plants that grow in moist places.
  3. Green pigment in plants that absorbs light for photosynthesis.
  4. Process for plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy.
  5. A symbolic representation of a chemical reaction, such as for photosynthesis.
  6. Pockets of air within the spongy mesophyll to help with gas exchange.
  7. The upper layer of mesophyll cells that is the primary site of photosynthesis.
  8. Tissue in the interior of a leaf where photosynthesis takes place.

22 Clues: Flowering plants. • The top, protective layer of a leaf. • An organism that produces its own food. • A group of similar cells working together. • A waxy layer on a leaf to prevent water loss. • Small, nonvascular plants that grow in moist places. • Non-flowering, seed-producing plants, like conifers. • Organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs. • ...

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration 2022-11-04

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. energy for cells to use
  2. requires other organisms for energy
  3. where photosynthesis occurs
  4. where CR takes place
  5. Able to make own food and energy
  6. captures sunlight
  7. input of a chemical reaction
  8. the gas that is in photosynthesis
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  1. production of CO2
  2. light energy from the sun
  3. production of Glucose
  4. movement of atoms
  5. gas produced by photosynthesis
  6. output of a chemical reaction
  7. Regulate gas exchange in leaf
  8. food for plants and animals

16 Clues: production of CO2 • movement of atoms • captures sunlight • where CR takes place • production of Glucose • energy for cells to use • light energy from the sun • where photosynthesis occurs • food for plants and animals • input of a chemical reaction • output of a chemical reaction • Regulate gas exchange in leaf • gas produced by photosynthesis • Able to make own food and energy • ...

Photosynthesis (Ewing) 2021-01-13

Photosynthesis (Ewing) crossword puzzle
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  1. Gas given off by plants.
  2. The most important pigment for photosynthesis
  3. (two words) Gas taken in by plants.
  4. The clear liquid inside of a chloroplast.
  5. Flattened sacs on the inner membraane of a chloroplast.
  6. Compounds that absorb light.
  7. (three words) The first molecule to be given an electron in the chain.
  8. Stacks of thylakoids.
  9. The tiny green things with all the chlorophyll.
  10. In the visible spectrum, each color has a different one, measured in nanometers.
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  1. (three words)Electrons are passed down this.
  2. Relies on protons to make ATP during the light reactions
  3. A cluster of pigments on a thylakoid membrane.
  4. The process of turning light energy into chemical energy to make carbohydrates.
  5. Made by Photosystem 1.
  6. A cow is an example.
  7. An example of an accessory pigment.
  8. (two words) These reactions happen during the day and create ATP or NADPH.
  9. Made by Photosystem 2.
  10. In terms of energy, all plants are this.

20 Clues: A cow is an example. • Stacks of thylakoids. • Made by Photosystem 1. • Made by Photosystem 2. • Gas given off by plants. • Compounds that absorb light. • (two words) Gas taken in by plants. • An example of an accessory pigment. • In terms of energy, all plants are this. • The clear liquid inside of a chloroplast. • (three words)Electrons are passed down this. • ...

Organelles & Photosynthesis 2020-05-27

Organelles & Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Very simple cells that don't have a nucleus
  2. organelles in plants that help convert energy
  3. stacks of thylakoids create a _____.
  4. facilitated diffusion of water
  5. cellular transport that requires energy is called ___ transport
  6. protection that is present in all cells
  7. the cell's cleanup organelle
  8. tells proteins where to go
  9. adenosine triphosphate
  10. organelle that transports molecules
  11. electron carrier in photosynthesis
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  1. ATP is created when H+ ions go through the ATP ______.
  2. cellular transport that does NOT require energy is called _____ transport
  3. organelle in both plant and animal cells that support the cell
  4. C6H12O6; a sugar produced by photosynthesis
  5. powerhouse of the cell
  6. Organelle that stores DNA in eukaryotic cells
  7. stores water/food/etc. for the cell
  8. protection present in plant and prokaryotic cells
  9. produces proteins based on instructions from DNA
  10. the light independent reaction is also called the ____ cycle.

21 Clues: powerhouse of the cell • adenosine triphosphate • tells proteins where to go • the cell's cleanup organelle • facilitated diffusion of water • electron carrier in photosynthesis • stores water/food/etc. for the cell • organelle that transports molecules • stacks of thylakoids create a _____. • protection that is present in all cells • Very simple cells that don't have a nucleus • ...

Photosynthesis Vocab 2020-10-15

Photosynthesis Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. in plants the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplast
  2. reactions the initial reactions in photosynthesis which are triggered by the absorption of light by photosystems I and II and include the passage of electrons along the electron transport chains the production of NADPH and oxygen gas and the synthesis of ATP through chemiosmosis
  3. an organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms
  4. a class of pigments that are present mostly in plants and that aid in photosynthesis
  5. an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs
  6. a green pigment that is present in most plant and algae cells and some bacteria that gives plants their characteristic green color and that absorbs light to provide energy for photosynthesis
  7. in chloroplasts and mitochondria a process in which the movement of protons down their concentration gradient across a membrane is coupled to the synthesis of ATP
  8. a substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color
  9. in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts a cluster of chlorophyll and other pigment molecules that harvest light energy for the light reactions of photosynthesis
  10. fixation, the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide such as in photosynthesis
  11. a stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast
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  1. the process by which plants algae and some bacteria use sunlight carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen
  2. one of many openings in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur (plural stomata)
  3. an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials
  4. pathway, phosphoenolpyruvate by the enzyme PEP carboxylase producing the four-carbon compound within mesophyll cells that is later transported to the bundle sheath cells where the CO2 is to be released for use in the Calvin cycle.
  5. a membrane system found within chloroplasts that contains the components for photosynthesis
  6. cycle a biochemical pathway of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP
  7. transport chain, a series of molecules found in the inner membranes of mitochondria and chloroplasts through which electrons pass in a process that causes protons to build up on one side of the membrane
  8. pathway a water-conserving, carbon-fixing process; CAM plants take in carbon at night and fix it into various organic compounds and release it during the day
  9. electron acceptor, in chloroplasts an acceptor of electrons lost from chlorophyll a; found in the thylakoid membrane

20 Clues: a stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast • a substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color • in plants the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplast • an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs • a class of pigments that are present mostly in plants and that aid in photosynthesis • ...

Photosynthesis Lab 2021-10-20

Photosynthesis Lab crossword puzzle
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  1. True or false, Photosynthesis will occur when a leaf is covered with green filter paper.
  2. One of the products of photosynthesis, which is then stored as starch.
  3. When transmittance increases, absorbance _______.
  4. Red filter paper transmits _____ light to reach the leaf, but absorbs all others.
  5. The chemical we used to remove the pigments from the chromatography paper.
  6. The coenzyme involved in photosynthesis.
  7. The most important pigment in photosynthesis.
  8. Pigments that are not the main pigment are called what?
  9. The most polar pigment.
  10. Will there be starch present in a leaf section that was covered by red filter paper?
  11. A yellow object will _______ blue light.
  12. True or false, the purple part of a coleus leaf contains chlorophyll
  13. One of the products of photosynthesis
  14. The pink pigment on a coleus leaf is called what?
  15. The most non-polar pigment.
  16. The second-most non-polar pigment.
  17. What substance would you boil the coleus leaves in to test for starch?
  18. One of the reactants in photosynthesis
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  1. Which wave has the shortest wavelength?
  2. The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can see.
  3. What is the polarity of the paper we used to separate the chlorophyll pigments?
  4. Infared waves have _______ wavelengths than visible light.
  5. Non-polar pigments move _______ through the paper because the solvent is non-polar.
  6. A blue object will _______ blue light.
  7. In paper chromatography, the solvent has which polarity?
  8. The presence of which molecule would indicate photosynthesis occurred?
  9. Leaves change colors because of the breakdown of what molecule?
  10. One of the reactants in photosynthesis
  11. What technique did we use to separate the chlorophyll pigments?
  12. Which is the stationary phase, paper or solvent?
  13. Which color has the largest wavelength?
  14. UV light has _______ energy than visible light.
  15. Which wave has the lowest energy?
  16. Plants use sunlight to produce what molecule?
  17. Chlorophyll reflects ______ wavelengths, but absorbs all others.
  18. In paper chromatography, the solvent is the stationary or mobile phase?
  19. Does photosynthesis occur when blue filter paper is placed on a leaf?
  20. Which organelle does photosynthesis occur?
  21. Which color, besides white/yellow, of the coleus leaf did not have photosynthesis occur
  22. The more _______ a molecule has, the more polar it is.

40 Clues: The most polar pigment. • The most non-polar pigment. • Which wave has the lowest energy? • The second-most non-polar pigment. • One of the products of photosynthesis • A blue object will _______ blue light. • One of the reactants in photosynthesis • One of the reactants in photosynthesis • Which wave has the shortest wavelength? • Which color has the largest wavelength? • ...

Photosynthesis Vocab 2021-11-22

Photosynthesis Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide, such as in photosynthesis
  2. a biochemical pathway of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP
  3. compounds that absorb light
  4. the initial reactions in photosynthesis, which are triggered by the absorption of light by photosystems 1 and 2 include the passageway pf electrons along the electron transport chains, the production of NADPH and oxygen gas, and the synthesis of ATP through chemiosmosis
  5. a carbon-fixing process in which carbon dioxide is bound to a compound to form a four-carbon intermediate
  6. a series of molecules, found in the inner membranes of mitochondria and chloroplasts, through which electrons pass in a process that causes protons to build up on one side of the membrane
  7. a water-conserving, carbon fixing process; CAM plants take in carbon at night and fix it into various organic compounds and release it during the day
  8. in chloroplasts, an acceptor of electrons lost from chlorophyll
  9. converts light energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of organic compounds, primarily carbohydrates
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  1. a membrane system found within chloroplasts that contain the components for photosynthesis
  2. in chloroplasts and mitochondria, a process in which the movement of protons down their concentration gradient across a membrane is coupled to the synthesis of ATP
  3. the process of plants rapidly losing water to the air through small pores
  4. in plants, the solution that surronds the thylakoids in a chloroplast
  5. a green pigment that is present in most plants cells, that gives plants their characteristic green color, and that reacts with sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to form carbohydrates
  6. a class of pigments that are present in the thylakoid membrane of plants and that aid in photosynthesis
  7. in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts, a cluster of chlorophyll and other pigment molecules that harvest light energy for the light reactions
  8. a stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast
  9. an organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms
  10. an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs
  11. an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials

20 Clues: compounds that absorb light • a stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast • in chloroplasts, an acceptor of electrons lost from chlorophyll • in plants, the solution that surronds the thylakoids in a chloroplast • an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs • the process of plants rapidly losing water to the air through small pores • ...

photosynthesis crossword 2021-11-22

photosynthesis crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. organisms that use energy from sunlight or from chemical bonds in inorganic substance to make organic compounds
  2. located in the membrane of the thylakoids are several pigments the most improtant ones are called
  3. an important part of the light reactions is the synthesis of ATP through a process called
  4. cycle a series of enzymes assisted chemical reactions that produces three carbon sugars
  5. reactions is converted to chemical energy, which is temporarily stored in ATP and energy carrier molecule NADPH
  6. to convert light energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of organic compounds
  7. under hot and dry conditions plants can rapidly lose water to the air through small pores called
  8. compounds that absorb light
  9. pathway such plants fix carbon through a pathway called
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  1. organelles found in the cell of plant and algae
  2. inside the inner membrane is another system of membranes that are arranged as flattened sacs
  3. each cluster of pigment molecules and te proteins that the pigment molecules are embedded in are referred to collectively as
  4. fixation This incorporation of CO2 into organic compounds is called
  5. transport chain the first series of molecules located in the thylakoid membrane these molecules are called
  6. surrounding teh grana is a solution
  7. electron acceptor the acceptor of the electrons lost from chlorophyll a is a molecule in the thylakoid membrane called
  8. pathway onw alternative pathway enables certain plants to fix CO2 into four carbon compounds are called
  9. animals and other organisms that must get energy from food instead of directly from sunlight or inorganic substance
  10. other compounds found in the thylakoid membrane including yellow oragne and brown
  11. the thylakoids are connected and layered to form stacks

20 Clues: compounds that absorb light • surrounding teh grana is a solution • organelles found in the cell of plant and algae • the thylakoids are connected and layered to form stacks • pathway such plants fix carbon through a pathway called • fixation This incorporation of CO2 into organic compounds is called • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2022-03-02

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Adenosphen diphosphate
  2. Chlorophylls and carotenoids are grouped in clusters of hundreds of pigments
  3. Most common pigments
  4. Series of thylakoids
  5. Organisms that must get their food from other sources.
  6. Compounds that absorb light
  7. Responsible for collecting sunlight
  8. Most common source of ATP
  9. Other accessory pigments
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  1. Light energy from the sun is converted into chemical energy
  2. Source of energy for cells
  3. Converting CO2 and water to sugar using sunlight.
  4. Organic compounds formed from CO2 and ATP.
  5. Fluid outside thylakoids
  6. Organisms able to make their own food
  7. unstable 6 carbon molecule
  8. Stack of thylakoids
  9. plants using the calvin cycle
  10. Left as waste after photosynthesis
  11. Reduced form of nadp+

20 Clues: Stack of thylakoids • Most common pigments • Series of thylakoids • Reduced form of nadp+ • Adenosphen diphosphate • Fluid outside thylakoids • Other accessory pigments • Most common source of ATP • Source of energy for cells • unstable 6 carbon molecule • Compounds that absorb light • plants using the calvin cycle • Left as waste after photosynthesis • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2022-03-01

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. organisms that get their food from other sources.
  2. an ester of adenosine and triphosphoric acid.
  3. a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
  4. use light energy to make two molecules needed for the next stage of photosynthesis: the energy storage molecule ATP and the reduced electron carrier NADPH.
  5. organisms able to make their own food.
  6. pigments like yellow,orange and brown.
  7. split water into oxygen,protons, and electrons.
  8. is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
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  1. sugar made from the Calvin Cycle.
  2. open stomata at night and close during the day.
  3. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.
  4. cell structures in the epidermis of tree leaves and needles that are involved in the exchange of carbon dioxide and water between plants and the atmosphere.
  5. a process that plants and algae use to turn carbon dioxide from the air into sugar, the food autotrophs need to grow.
  6. a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants.
  7. is a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
  8. compounds that absorb light.
  9. refers to the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast.
  10. made of many colors called the visible.
  11. stacks formed by thylakoids.
  12. can be reflected, or transmitted.

20 Clues: compounds that absorb light. • stacks formed by thylakoids. • sugar made from the Calvin Cycle. • can be reflected, or transmitted. • organisms able to make their own food. • made of many colors called the visible. • pigments like yellow,orange and brown. • an ester of adenosine and triphosphoric acid. • open stomata at night and close during the day. • ...

Respiration & Photosynthesis 2019-02-15

Respiration & Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Water is split to release this as a by product (6)
  2. The product of glycolysis (8)
  3. An energy storage molecule (3)
  4. A product of anaerobic respiration from humans (6,4)
  5. A product of photolysis used to make ATP (8, 4)
  6. A product of photolysis used to make ATP (9)
  7. A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (5, 9)
  8. A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (6, 7)
  9. Type of respiration taking place that takes place in the cytoplasm and mitochondria (7)
  10. Used by plant to create organic molecules from inorganic ones (14)
  11. Equipment used to measure that rate of respiration (12)
  12. spectrum A graph used to represent the wavelengths absorbed by each pigment (10, 8)
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  1. A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (11)
  2. When cyanobacteria appeared on the planet, this starts to appear in rocks, particularly when iron is present (4)
  3. A technique that can be used to observe photosynthetic pigments within a leaf (14)
  4. The process by which glucose is broken down in the cytoplasm (10)
  5. Anaerobic respiration produces more of this in muscle contraction (5)
  6. A product of anaerobic respiration from yeast (7)
  7. Type of respiration that takes place in the cytoplasm only (9)
  8. A solvent commonly used to separate photosynthetic pigments (7)
  9. The place where pyruvate is fully oxidised to produce carbon dioxide and water (12)
  10. The purpose of photosynthesis (7)
  11. The main photosynthetic pigment (11)
  12. The process by which chlorophyll splits apart water (10)
  13. The controlled release of energy from glucose (11)
  14. spectrum A graph used to represent the amount of photosynthesis from a plant in different wavelengths of light (6, 8)

26 Clues: The product of glycolysis (8) • An energy storage molecule (3) • The purpose of photosynthesis (7) • The main photosynthetic pigment (11) • A product of photolysis used to make ATP (9) • A product of photolysis used to make ATP (8, 4) • A product of anaerobic respiration from yeast (7) • A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (11) • ...

Photosynthesis summary 2013-05-09

Photosynthesis summary crossword puzzle
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  1. What word describes a molecule that does not dissolve in water, such as starch?
  2. What are the tiny holes in the underside of hte leaf called, which open and close in regulate the flow of gases into and out of the leaf?
  3. In what form is glucose stored in the plant in order to avoid disturbing water balance of the cells?
  4. What is the name of the special organs found in certain plants to store starch, such as the potato
  5. What feature of broad, flat leaves means they can absorb as much light energy as possible?
  6. Which plant tissue forms transport vessels in which water and minerals moves from roots to leaves?
  7. What plant tissue contains cells arranged in a regular pattern and packed full of chloroplasts?
  8. What is most of the glucose from photosynthesis used for?
  9. When do plants photosynthesise?
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  1. What combines with glucose in the plant to make proteins
  2. What is the name of the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy?
  3. Which plant tissue forms transport vessels in which glucose moves from the leaves to the rest of the plant?
  4. What is absorbed by the pigment chlorophyll, necessary for the photosynthesis reaction to occur?
  5. What word describes a molecule that dissolves in water, such as glucose?
  6. What is the chemical reaction that occurs in plants to fix carbon dioxide and water into glucose, releasing oxygen as a waste product?
  7. What layer of the leaf minimises water loss from the leaf by evaporation?
  8. What is the name of the organelle in which the photosynthesis reaction occurs?
  9. What is the type of specialised cell that increases the surface area to maximise water uptake into the plant
  10. What thin layer in the leaf allows light to pass through to reach the palisade layer?
  11. When do plants respire?
  12. By which process do gases move through the stomata, into and out of the spongy mesophyll?
  13. What is the scientific word for sugar, with the chemical formula C6H12O6?

22 Clues: When do plants respire? • When do plants photosynthesise? • What combines with glucose in the plant to make proteins • What is most of the glucose from photosynthesis used for? • What word describes a molecule that dissolves in water, such as glucose? • What layer of the leaf minimises water loss from the leaf by evaporation? • ...

Photosynthesis Terms 2016-03-03

Photosynthesis Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. A cyclic set of reaction occurring in the stroma of chloroplasts that fixes the carbon of CO2 into carbohydrate molecules and recycles coenzymes.
  2. The light-absorbing green-coloured pigment that begins the process of photosynthesis.
  3. A reaction in which an atom or molecule gains electrons.
  4. A compound that accepts one hydrogen atom and two electrons, forming NADPH; is an electron acceptor.
  5. Stacks of thylakoids.
  6. The second set of reactions in photosynthesis (the Calvin Cycle); these reactions do not require solar energy.
  7. A compound that donates one hydrogen atom and two electrons to another molecule, to reform NADP+; is an electron donor.
  8. The photosynthetic membrane within a chloroplast that contains light-gathering pigment molecules and electron transport chains.
  9. A packet of light.
  10. A process for synthesizing ATP using the energy of an electrochemical gradient and the ATP synthase enzyme.
  11. A reaction in which an atom or molecule loses electrons.
  12. A system of interconnected flattened membrane sacs forming a separate compartment within the stroma of a chloroplast.
  13. A chemical reaction in which a compound is broken down by light; in photosynthesis, water molecules are split by this.
  14. The protein-rich semiliquid material in the interior of a chloroplast.
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  1. A membrane-bound organelle in green plant and algal cells that carries out photosynthesis.
  2. The process of incorporating CO2 into carbohydrate molecules.
  3. A series of progressively stronger electron acceptors; each time an electron is transferred, energy is released.
  4. A specialized protein complex embedded in the thylakoid membrane that allows H+ ions to escape from the lumen and uses the resulting energy to generate ATP.
  5. The fluid-filled space inside a thylakoid.
  6. A molecule containing three high-energy phosphate bonds that acts as the primary energy-transferring molecule in living organisms.
  7. The first set of reactions of photosynthesis in which light energy excites electrons in chlorophyll molecules, powers chemiosmotic ATP synthesis, and results in the reduction of NADP+ to NADPH.
  8. A cluster of photosynthetic pigments embedded in a thylakoid membrane of a chloroplast that absorbs light energy.
  9. A molecule containing two high-energy phosphate bonds that may be formed by breaking one of the phosphate bonds in ATP.
  10. Groups of unstacked thylakoids between grana.

24 Clues: A packet of light. • Stacks of thylakoids. • The fluid-filled space inside a thylakoid. • Groups of unstacked thylakoids between grana. • A reaction in which an atom or molecule gains electrons. • A reaction in which an atom or molecule loses electrons. • The process of incorporating CO2 into carbohydrate molecules. • ...

Photosynthesis & Respiration 2023-11-09

Photosynthesis & Respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. Calvin A nobel prize winning scientist who created the _____ cycle
  2. These absorb light energy and transfer it to reaction centers
  3. the initial step of cellular respiration; breaks down glucose into smaller pieces
  4. Overall output of _____ ATP during cellular respiration
  5. Converts light energy into chemical energy; this process used sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce glucose and oxygen
  6. Respiration The process divided into 3 main stages: glycolysis, krebs cycle, and electron transport chain
  7. Cycle uses ATP and NADPH produced in the light dependent reactions to convert into glucose
  8. Priestly The scientist who is responsible for discovering the gas necessary for respiration
  9. The sites where light energy is trapped and converted into chemical energy
  10. the metabolic process where a substance breaks down into a simpler substance
  11. Cycle also known as the citric cycle
  12. Plays a role to transfer electrons and energy
  13. Organisms that cannot make their own food; rely on consuming other organisms for energy.
  14. A process or organism that can function without the use of oxygen
  15. The Electron Transport System produces __ ATP
  16. Contains chlorophyll and serves as the site for light dependent reactions of photosynthesis
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  1. the final step of cellular respiration
  2. Acid A three carbon molecule that is the product of glycolysis
  3. Dependent Reactions Involve the conversion of light energy into chemical energy in the form of ATP and NADPH
  4. Acid A byproduct of anaerobic respiration
  5. A colored molecule that absorbs light during photosynthesis; gives plants colors
  6. These organisms are able to produce their own food using energy from the sun
  7. The unit of measurement used to quantify energy
  8. A fluid-filled space within the chloroplast
  9. the ____________ is the powerhouse of the cell
  10. Triphosphate also known as ATP
  11. This molecule is an electron carrier involved in photosynthesis
  12. A site where many cellular processes take place
  13. Glycolysis uses __ ATP
  14. Production that requires oxygen
  15. Synthase ___________ makes ATP by chemiosmosis
  16. A green pigment found in plants

32 Clues: Glycolysis uses __ ATP • Production that requires oxygen • A green pigment found in plants • Triphosphate also known as ATP • the final step of cellular respiration • Cycle also known as the citric cycle • Acid A byproduct of anaerobic respiration • A fluid-filled space within the chloroplast • Plays a role to transfer electrons and energy • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2023-12-21

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The distance between two peaks in electromagnetic radiation
  2. Product of the light independent reaction
  3. Products of photolysis other than oxygen (two words without gap))
  4. Name of the enzyme which catalyses carbon fixation
  5. The name for the energy carrying quantum of light
  6. The collective term for several light absorbing pigments embedded in the thylakoid membrane
  7. Name of the location where hydrogen ions accumulate during the light dependent reaction
  8. Your favorite bio teacher in the world
  9. Electron donor during light dependent reaction
  10. Name of the organelle in the plant cell where photosynthesis is taking place
  11. Oxidized version of a electron carrier needed during the light dependent reactions (excluding charge)
  12. Substrate required for the Calvin Cycle
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  1. Process during which protons follow their natural concentration gradient to produce ATP in photosythesis or cellular respiration
  2. His first name was Melvin and that's now the name for the light independent reaction
  3. Sequence of membrane proteins in the thylakoid membrane
  4. Name for the splitting of water
  5. One of the products of the light independent reaction
  6. Un-abbreviated term for ATP
  7. Electrons which move from ground state to excited state are said to be..
  8. These negatively charged particles drive the pumping of hydrogen ions across the thylakoid membrane
  9. Name for a stack of thylakoids (pl.)
  10. General name for the loss of electrons

22 Clues: Un-abbreviated term for ATP • Name for the splitting of water • Name for a stack of thylakoids (pl.) • Your favorite bio teacher in the world • General name for the loss of electrons • Substrate required for the Calvin Cycle • Product of the light independent reaction • Electron donor during light dependent reaction • The name for the energy carrying quantum of light • ...

Photosynthesis + Metabolism 2023-03-03

Photosynthesis + Metabolism crossword puzzle
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  1. organisms that provide 2/3 of the Earth's oxygen
  2. gains electrons
  3. CO2 + H2O --> O2 + C6H12O6
  4. produces G3P; second step of the Calvin Cycle
  5. organelle where photosynthesis occurs; contains chlorophyll
  6. contains adenine, a base, ribose, and 3 phosphates
  7. changing CO2 into a solid carbon molecule; first step of the Calvin Cycle
  8. pigment that makes plants green
  9. regeneration of RuBP; third step of the Calvin Cycle
  10. process of converting sugars into ATP
  11. space between thylakoid and chloroplast membrane
  12. contains adenine, a base, ribose, and 2 phosphates
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  1. loses electrons
  2. space inside the thylakoid
  3. organisms that make their own food; self eating
  4. takes place between the thylakoid membrane, space, and stroma
  5. process during photosynthesis that consumes CO2 to make sugars
  6. process of using sunlight to convert CO2 into sugars
  7. organisms that consume autotrophs or other sources of food
  8. structures inside chloroplasts; have their own membranes
  9. a thylakoid stack

21 Clues: loses electrons • gains electrons • a thylakoid stack • space inside the thylakoid • CO2 + H2O --> O2 + C6H12O6 • pigment that makes plants green • process of converting sugars into ATP • produces G3P; second step of the Calvin Cycle • organisms that make their own food; self eating • organisms that provide 2/3 of the Earth's oxygen • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2024-03-07

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Process of making ATP using energy from the H+ ion gradient
  2. What pulls H= ions from outside the thylakoid into the lumen
  3. Atoms lose electrons
  4. How many ATPs are used when theres 1 CO2
  5. Long series of chemical reactions after the electron is removed from the photosystem II
  6. NADP+ + +
  7. What happens when electrons get hit by a photon
  8. What G3P makes
  9. Clusters of chloroplast, chlorophyll and other pigments in the thylakoid membrane
  10. Specialized protein: ATP____ complex
  11. Location of carbon fixation
  12. What is diffused directly into the chloroplast
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  1. Third stage of photosynthesis
  2. Gas released as a byproduct of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis
  3. How electrons are replaced after they're passed on to the TC
  4. Where light-dependent reactions take place
  5. Atoms gain electrons
  6. ADP + Pi
  7. Individual packets of energy
  8. How many electrons NADP+ accepts

20 Clues: ADP + Pi • NADP+ + + • What G3P makes • Atoms gain electrons • Atoms lose electrons • Location of carbon fixation • Individual packets of energy • Third stage of photosynthesis • How many electrons NADP+ accepts • Specialized protein: ATP____ complex • How many ATPs are used when theres 1 CO2 • Where light-dependent reactions take place • ...

Terminologies: Photosynthesis 2022-09-15

Terminologies: Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. coloured substances that absorb light of particular wavelengths
  2. found within a chloroplast
  3. membranes,inside the chloroplast in an enclosed fluid-filed sac where L.D.S takes place
  4. , The production of ATP using energy from light, involving only photosystem I
  5. first series of reaction that requires energy
  6. centre , The part of a photosystem towards which energy from light is funnelled.
  7. five-carbon phosphorylated sugar which is the first compound to combine with CO2 during light-independent stage
  8. spaces,the fluid-filed sac enclosed by the thylakoid membranes
  9. final series of reaction that doesn't require light but uses
  10. ATP using energy obtained from the light
  11. , A cluster of light-harvesting pigments surrounding a reaction centre
  12. from the L.D.S to make energy
  13. coenzyme that transfers hydrogen from one substance to another
  14. Factor,The requirement for a process to take place that is in the shortest supply
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  1. ,The emission of an electron from a molecule as a result of the absorption of energy from light
  2. background material in a chloroplast that the L.D.S of photosynthesis takes place
  3. cycle,a cycle of reaction in the L.D.S where CO2 is reduced to form
  4. three-carbon phosphorylated sugar
  5. water molecules using energy from light
  6. , An enzyme found in photosystem II that catalyses the breakdown of water, using energy from light
  7. Spectrum , A graph showing the effect of different wavelengths of light on a process
  8. green pigment that absorbs energy
  9. three-carbon compound formed when RuBP and CO2 combines.
  10. enzyme that catalyses the combination of RuBP with CO2
  11. Value , A number that indicates how far a substance travels during chromatography
  12. , The production of ATP using energy from light, involving both photosystem I and II
  13. spectrum , A graph showing the absorbance of different wavelengths of light by a photosynthetic pigment
  14. , A technique that can separate substances in a mixture according to their solubility in a solvent.

28 Clues: found within a chloroplast • from the L.D.S to make energy • three-carbon phosphorylated sugar • green pigment that absorbs energy • water molecules using energy from light • ATP using energy obtained from the light • first series of reaction that requires energy • enzyme that catalyses the combination of RuBP with CO2 • ...

Photosynthesis & Diffusion 2022-05-20

Photosynthesis & Diffusion crossword puzzle
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  1. substance across a cell membrane requiring no energy
  2. where the Calvin Cycle occurs
  3. substance doing the dissolving
  4. polar and hydrophillic
  5. substance being dissolved
  6. lower concentration of solutes
  7. the difference in concentration of substance from one place to another
  8. higher concentration of solutes
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  1. the process that uses energy from the sun
  2. non-polar and hydrophobic
  3. uptake solutes
  4. stack of thylakoids
  5. expel solutes
  6. the ability of a cell to maintain homeostasis by moving substance across the cell membrane
  7. where light dependent reactions occur
  8. movement of molecules from an area of high concentration of the molecules to an area with lower concentration of the molecules
  9. diffusion of water molecules across a selectively or semipermeable membrane from an area of higher concentration of water molecules to an area of lower concentration of water molecules
  10. substances across a cell membrane that requires energy
  11. same concentration of solutes
  12. green pigment in plants

20 Clues: expel solutes • uptake solutes • stack of thylakoids • polar and hydrophillic • green pigment in plants • non-polar and hydrophobic • substance being dissolved • where the Calvin Cycle occurs • same concentration of solutes • substance doing the dissolving • lower concentration of solutes • higher concentration of solutes • where light dependent reactions occur • ...

steve's photosynthesis 2024-10-31

steve's photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. a pigment found in green plants
  2. can affect photosynthesis
  3. another name for lighter dependant stage
  4. doesn't require light to produce energy
  5. natural coloring of matter
  6. eats or find its own food or energy
  7. nitrogen
  8. smashed tube like structure
  9. cycle another name for light independent stage
  10. type of liquid plant usues to grow
  11. energy source for photosystem 1
  12. energy with three phosphate
  13. where the calvin cycle happens
  14. another name for light independent stage
  15. growth process of plants
  16. sugar
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  1. type of energy in the calvin cycle
  2. type of energy made by plants
  3. type of groups in atp and adp
  4. plants use this to make oxygen
  5. makes its own food/energy
  6. requires light to produce energy
  7. eates or consumes energy
  8. makes energy or food
  9. cell that is responsible for photosynthesis
  10. coin like shape in thylakoids
  11. energy with two phosphates
  12. gas made by plant

28 Clues: sugar • nitrogen • gas made by plant • makes energy or food • eates or consumes energy • growth process of plants • makes its own food/energy • can affect photosynthesis • natural coloring of matter • energy with two phosphates • smashed tube like structure • energy with three phosphate • type of energy made by plants • type of groups in atp and adp • coin like shape in thylakoids • ...

Photosynthesis _ Kheri 2024-10-31

Photosynthesis _ Kheri crossword puzzle
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  1. the light dependent stage takes place in
  2. Found in all green plants
  3. Another name for animal
  4. A 5-carbon sugar
  5. The reactant of the Calvin Cycle
  6. Energy made in photosystem 2
  7. A food making cell in the plant
  8. Calvin cycle takes place in
  9. The light-dependent stage reactant
  10. Breaks down water in the light dependent stage
  11. Fully charged fast-acting battery
  12. Needs to take food from producers
  13. A type of nitrogen
  14. Depleted battery
  15. another name for ligh independent
  16. product of the light dependent stage
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  1. Fast energy in ATP
  2. A type of sugar
  3. another name for photosystem 1 and calvin cycle
  4. Makes their own food
  5. A process in which a plant absorbs light water and carbon dioxide to make food
  6. Effects the photosynthesis prosses if to hot or cold
  7. Another name for plant
  8. takes place in thylakoids
  9. takes place in stroma
  10. another name for photosystem 2
  11. A light-absorbing molecule
  12. A stack of thylakoids

28 Clues: A type of sugar • A 5-carbon sugar • Depleted battery • Fast energy in ATP • A type of nitrogen • Makes their own food • takes place in stroma • A stack of thylakoids • Another name for plant • Another name for animal • Found in all green plants • takes place in thylakoids • A light-absorbing molecule • Calvin cycle takes place in • Energy made in photosystem 2 • ...

Photosynthesis/Paisley 2024-10-31

Photosynthesis/Paisley crossword puzzle
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  1. the stage that needs sunlight
  2. stage that doesn't need sunight
  3. A stack of thylakoids
  4. Calvin cycle is located in this
  5. provides energy for plants
  6. The green pigment in plants
  7. a specialized organelle found in plant cells
  8. Can Make their energy on their own using the sun
  9. Nitrogen Base
  10. Contains 2 phosphates
  11. The sugar molecule in ATP/ADP
  12. product of photosystemll
  13. another name is the calvin cycle
  14. another name is light dependent stage
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  1. Gas that's plants absorb from the air
  2. the colors within the chloroplast
  3. Makes glucose
  4. The degree ofrate the chemical reactions
  5. reactant of photosystemll
  6. makes their energy by consuming other things
  7. energy from the calvin cycle
  8. the process of how plants make oxygen and energy
  9. Can make their own foods
  10. Consumes other living things
  11. Chemical compound
  12. Contains 3 phosphates
  13. product of Calvin cycle
  14. sacs in the chloroplast

28 Clues: Makes glucose • Nitrogen Base • Chemical compound • A stack of thylakoids • Contains 3 phosphates • Contains 2 phosphates • product of Calvin cycle • sacs in the chloroplast • Can make their own foods • product of photosystemll • reactant of photosystemll • provides energy for plants • The green pigment in plants • energy from the calvin cycle • Consumes other living things • ...

photosynthesis- sydney 2024-10-31

photosynthesis- sydney crossword puzzle
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  1. stacks of thylakoids
  2. must be between 0 and 35 C for photosynthesis to occur
  3. primary energy source of all autotrophs
  4. where the calvin cycle takes place
  5. get their energy from other organisms
  6. also called photosystem 1 or the Calvin cycle
  7. the site where photosynthesis occurs
  8. make their own energy
  9. reactant of the light-independent reactions
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  1. discovered second
  2. also called photosystem 2
  3. also called photosystem 1 or light independent stage
  4. the process in which plants make the light-dependent reactions
  5. produce their own energy
  6. reactant of light-dependent reactions
  7. discovered first
  8. energy product of the light dependent reactions
  9. short-term energy; three phosphates; fully charged battery
  10. ATP has 3 and ADP has 2
  11. where the light-dependent reactions occur
  12. product of the Calvin cycle
  13. sugars; part of ATP and ADP
  14. primary pigment present in plants
  15. two phosphates; like a partially charged battery
  16. nitrogen compound; part of ATP and ADP
  17. light-absorbing molecule
  18. product of the light-dependent reactions
  19. consume other things to get their energy

28 Clues: discovered first • discovered second • stacks of thylakoids • make their own energy • ATP has 3 and ADP has 2 • produce their own energy • light-absorbing molecule • also called photosystem 2 • product of the Calvin cycle • sugars; part of ATP and ADP • primary pigment present in plants • where the calvin cycle takes place • the site where photosynthesis occurs • ...

PHOTOSYNTHESIS CROSSWORD 2025-08-27

PHOTOSYNTHESIS CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
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  1. When light contacts the thylakoid, electrons become _____________.
  2. During the light reactions, plants produce ______________ gas.
  3. One factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis.
  4. The dark reactions occur here.
  5. and carotenoids).
  6. The __________ cycle is a series of reactions used to create sugar.
  7. A process in which plants make glucose using light energy, water, and carbon dioxide.
  8. The decomposition of water into hydrogen ions and oxygen gas.
  9. The part of the plant that contains chloroplasts.
  10. Stacks of thylakoids.
  11. The chloroplast is a _____________ membrane organelle.
  12. ATP and NADPH are created during the _______ _________chain.
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  1. An atmospheric gas required to make sugar.
  2. ATP and _____________ are energy storage molecules that provide the energy to make sugar.
  3. During the ______ reaction, the Calvin Cycle processes glucose.
  4. Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place.
  5. During the ___________ reactions, sunlight is absorbed by plants and energy storage molecules are created.
  6. Carbon dioxide is fixed into glucose during carbon _______________.
  7. This pigment absorbs most of the sunlight and gives leaves their green color.
  8. The primary sugar formed during photosynthesis.
  9. Light reactions occur in the membranes of the _________________.
  10. A special light-absorbing structure found in plants (examples include
  11. A molecule created during the light reaction which stores energy.

23 Clues: and carotenoids). • Stacks of thylakoids. • The dark reactions occur here. • An atmospheric gas required to make sugar. • Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place. • The primary sugar formed during photosynthesis. • The part of the plant that contains chloroplasts. • One factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis. • ...

C1.3 Photosynthesis 2026-03-18

C1.3 Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. The photosystem that reduces NADP+
  2. A spectrum showing the wavelengths of light absorbed by a pigment
  3. The retardation factor calculated in chromatography
  4. The main energy currency produced during photophosphorylation
  5. The main photosynthetic pigment that absorbs light
  6. The excitation of an electron in a pigment molecule by light
  7. The reduced hydrogen carrier produced in the light reactions
  8. The cycle of reactions that forms carbon compounds
  9. The membrane system where the light-dependent reactions occur
  10. The photosystem where photolysis of water occurs
  11. The splitting of water using light energy
  12. The organelle where photosynthesis occurs
  13. The enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide in the Calvin cycle
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  1. The addition of a phosphate group to ADP using light energy
  2. A technique used to separate photosynthetic pigments
  3. The fluid-filled space where the Calvin cycle takes place
  4. A type of photophosphorylation involving only Photosystem I
  5. The process where ATP is synthesized using a proton gradient
  6. An organism that makes its own food
  7. The 3-carbon molecule (glycerate 3-phosphate) formed after carbon fixation
  8. The gain of electrons, such as when NADP+ becomes NADPH
  9. An array of pigments that captures light energy

22 Clues: The photosystem that reduces NADP+ • An organism that makes its own food • The splitting of water using light energy • The organelle where photosynthesis occurs • An array of pigments that captures light energy • The photosystem where photolysis of water occurs • The main photosynthetic pigment that absorbs light • The cycle of reactions that forms carbon compounds • ...

Population, Photosynthesis 2025-11-21

Population, Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis (plants, algae) or chemosynthesis (some bacteria).
  2. a close and long-term biological interaction between two different species.
  3. A biological sonar used by some animals (like bats and toothed whales). They emit sound waves and listen to the echoes that bounce back from objects.
  4. The primary energy carrier in cells. Stores energy in its phosphate bonds, which can be released to power cellular processes like muscle contraction, nerve signaling, and biosynthesis
  5. uses the energy in sunlight to make their own food.
  6. The role or function of an organism in its environment.
  7. A population growth pattern where the rate of increase becomes faster as the population gets larger.
  8. saclike photosynthetic membranes that contain chlorophyll and other pigments and are arranged in stacks called grana
  9. A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
  10. Tiny drifting animals in aquatic ecosystems. Include protozoans, small crustaceans, and larval stages of larger animals.
  11. Anything an organism needs to survive, grow, and reproduce. Includes food, water, shelter, space, and mates.
  12. the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support sustainably.
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  1. the principal pigment in photosynthetic organisms. Chlorophyll absorbs blue-violet and red light but reflects green light
  2. A community of living organisms (plants, animals, microbes) interacting with each other and with their physical environment (soil, water, air).
  3. Organelles that convert energy from food (glucose, fatty acids) into ATP through cellular respiration.
  4. A species that has a disproportionately large impact on its ecosystem relative to its abundance.
  5. An organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms (prey).
  6. the process that uses light energy and carbon dioxide to produce food molecules.
  7. The proportion of individuals of different ages within a population. Helps ecologists predict growth trends, reproductive potential, and survival rates.
  8. In a plant cell, the fluid portion outside of the thylakoid
  9. Large whales that filter-feed using baleen plates (made of keratin) instead of teeth.
  10. organism that gets food by consuming (eating) other organisms or nutrients.

22 Clues: uses the energy in sunlight to make their own food. • The role or function of an organism in its environment. • In a plant cell, the fluid portion outside of the thylakoid • An organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms (prey). • A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. • ...

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration 2018-12-05

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. Plant Cells Get Reactants From Where?
  2. Photosynthesis Compared to Cellular Respiration
  3. How Does Your Body Get Energy it Need From the Food You Eat?
  4. Equation for Photosynthesis
  5. Products of Photosynthesis, Reactants of Cellular Respiration
  6. Organelle Photosynthesis Takes Place In
  7. What Plant Pigment is Involved in Photosynthesis?
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  1. Reactants of Photosynthesis, Products Of Cellular Respiration
  2. What Cells Have More Mitochondria Skin or Muscle Cells?
  3. Equation for Cellular Respiration
  4. Where Does the Energy for Photosynthesis Come From?
  5. Plant Part Photosynthesis Takes Place In

12 Clues: Equation for Photosynthesis • Equation for Cellular Respiration • Plant Cells Get Reactants From Where? • Organelle Photosynthesis Takes Place In • Plant Part Photosynthesis Takes Place In • Photosynthesis Compared to Cellular Respiration • What Plant Pigment is Involved in Photosynthesis? • Where Does the Energy for Photosynthesis Come From? • ...

Obtaining Energy 2024-01-12

Obtaining Energy crossword puzzle
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  1. What reacts in a chemical reaction
  2. The chemical formula for carbon dioxide
  3. What filled up the balloon in the lab
  4. What was inflated during the lab
  5. The product of _______ respiration is carbon dioxide
  6. Light energy is needed for this
  7. Glass container used in labs/experiments
  8. Where does cellular respiration occur in the cell
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  1. These organisms use photosynthesis to get their energy
  2. Where does photosynthesis occur in the cell
  3. A product of photosynthesis
  4. What was used to contain the reaction in our experiment
  5. Another name for H2O
  6. A bacteria that undergoes cellular respiration
  7. What did the yeast use for cellular respiration during the lab
  8. What is transferred from reactants to products
  9. _________ energy was transferred during the lab
  10. In the air we breathe and a product of photosynthesis

18 Clues: Another name for H2O • A product of photosynthesis • Light energy is needed for this • What was inflated during the lab • What reacts in a chemical reaction • What filled up the balloon in the lab • The chemical formula for carbon dioxide • Glass container used in labs/experiments • Where does photosynthesis occur in the cell • A bacteria that undergoes cellular respiration • ...

PHOTOSYNTHESIS Crossword 2023-10-06

PHOTOSYNTHESIS Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. what is produced at the end of a chemical reaction
  2. makes their own energy
  3. gas product from photosynthesis
  4. reactant for photosynthesis that can be gathered from rain
  5. harvesting energy from sunlight
  6. simple sugar product from photosynthesis
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  1. present at the beginning of a reaction
  2. consumes other organisms for energy
  3. site of photosynthesis
  4. gas reactant FOR photosynthesis
  5. pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs sunligh
  6. energy source for photosynthesis

12 Clues: site of photosynthesis • makes their own energy • gas product from photosynthesis • gas reactant FOR photosynthesis • harvesting energy from sunlight • energy source for photosynthesis • consumes other organisms for energy • present at the beginning of a reaction • simple sugar product from photosynthesis • what is produced at the end of a chemical reaction • ...

photosynthesis crossword cole 2022-01-19

photosynthesis crossword cole crossword puzzle
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  1. An organism that can use light energy and the photosynthetic process to produce organic food (read: containing carbon and hydrogen) from inorganic molecules.
  2. the pigment that gives plants their green color
  3. a membrane protein supercomplex that executes the initial reaction of photosynthesis in higher plants, algae, and cyanobacteria
  4. are membrane bound compartments or disks where the light reaction takes place
  5. process that plants and algae use to turn carbon dioxide from the air into sugar, the food autotrophs need to grow
  6. the source of energy for plants making food
  7. The inner area of a chloroplast where the light-independent reactions occur. The stroma is the water-based, fluid-filled area of the chloroplast.
  8. Adenosine diphosphate
  9. take place within the stroma. It contains enzymes that work with ATP and NADPH to “fix” carbon from carbon dioxide into molecules that can be used to build glucose.
  10. the gas needed by plants to complete photosynthesis (a reactant in photosynthesis)
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  1. an NAD carrier molecule carrying both P (Phosphorus) and H (Hydrogen) ions to a different stage of the photosynthesis reaction
  2. mitochondrial enzyme localized in the inner membrane, where it catalyzes the synthesis of ATP from ADP
  3. gas given off as a byproduct of photosynthesis (a product of photosynthesis)
  4. the organelle where photosynthesis happens
  5. an integral membrane protein complex that uses light energy to catalyze the transfer of electrons
  6. are the stacks of these thylakoid disks formed inside the chloroplast
  7. is a cluster of proteins that transfer electrons through a membrane within mitochondria to form a gradient of protons that drives the creation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is used by the cell as the energy for metabolic processes for cellular functions.
  8. convert light energy into chemical energy
  9. adenosine triphosphate
  10. is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
  11. another name for sugar (a product in photosynthesis)
  12. is a coenzyme that functions as a universal electron carrier

22 Clues: Adenosine diphosphate • adenosine triphosphate • convert light energy into chemical energy • the organelle where photosynthesis happens • the source of energy for plants making food • the pigment that gives plants their green color • another name for sugar (a product in photosynthesis) • is a coenzyme that functions as a universal electron carrier • ...

CR and P 2022-11-04

CR and P crossword puzzle
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  1. where photosynthesis occurs
  2. sugar molecules
  3. the process plants use to make food
  4. stored energy
  5. where cellular respiration occurs
  6. process by which cells break down glucose into ATP
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  1. a chemical change
  2. pigment that makes plants green
  3. what plants take in for photosynthesis
  4. self feeding
  5. needs others for food
  6. energy from the sun
  7. how plants grow
  8. the output of a chemical equation
  9. what plants release for photosynthesis
  10. the input in a chemical equation

16 Clues: self feeding • stored energy • sugar molecules • how plants grow • a chemical change • energy from the sun • needs others for food • where photosynthesis occurs • pigment that makes plants green • the input in a chemical equation • the output of a chemical equation • where cellular respiration occurs • the process plants use to make food • what plants take in for photosynthesis • ...

Life on Earth Revision 2024-01-28

Life on Earth Revision crossword puzzle
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  1. Green pigment in plants which absorbs light
  2. A radon change to an organism's DNA
  3. A polar bear's thick fur is an example of this type of adaptation
  4. Term for when an organisms stops responding to a non-harmful stimulus
  5. Alternative to pesticides where a natural predator is used to kill off pests
  6. Molecule used as an energy store by plants and is produced during stage 1 of photosynthesis
  7. Light energy is used to split this molecule into hydrogen and oxygen during stage 1 of photosynthesis
  8. Hibernation/migration are examples of this type of adaptation
  9. Type of behaviour which an animal is born with
  10. Chemical used on plants to kill other organisms which feed on crops
  11. Sugar produced by plants during photosynthesis
  12. Component of fertilisers which plants use to make proteins
  13. Type of mutation which makes an organism better adapted to their environment
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  1. A type of adaptation involving an internal body process
  2. Term used for increase in pesticide concentration along a food chain
  3. Scientific term for "survival of the fittest"
  4. Raw material of photosynthesis
  5. Limiting factor which when too high or too low decreases the rate of photosynthesis
  6. Chemical which turns black in the presence of starch
  7. Gas produced as a by-product during photosynthesis

20 Clues: Raw material of photosynthesis • A radon change to an organism's DNA • Green pigment in plants which absorbs light • Scientific term for "survival of the fittest" • Type of behaviour which an animal is born with • Sugar produced by plants during photosynthesis • Gas produced as a by-product during photosynthesis • Chemical which turns black in the presence of starch • ...

Unit 4 - Photosynthesis 2025-01-13

Unit 4 - Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Converts sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen
  2. Transports glucose
  3. Discs where light-dependent reactions occur
  4. Green pigment in thylakoids that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis
  5. A factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis
  6. A stack of thylakoids inside the chloroplast
  7. The energy source that powers the light-dependent reactions
  8. Byproduct of splitting water in the light-dependent reactions
  9. Fluid in the chloroplast where the Calvin cycle occurs
  10. The first stage of photosynthesis that captures sunlight to produce ATP and NADPH
  11. First step of the Calvin cycle, where carbon dioxide binds to ribose which converts CO2 to carbon
  12. Gas used during the Calvin cycle to produce sugars
  13. Cycle where carbon dioxide is combined with hydrogen to create glucose
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  1. Plant organ that absorbs water for photosynthesis
  2. An opening that allows for gas to exchange that is controlled with guard cells
  3. Pigments like anthocyanins and xanthophylls that absorbs extra wavelengths of light
  4. Organelle containing thylakoids and stroma, the site of photosynthesis
  5. Energy molecule produced in light-dependent reactions
  6. Transports water
  7. Result of chlorophyll breakdown, revealing carotenoids and other pigments
  8. The high-energy molecule that carries electrons and hydrogens to the Calvin cycle
  9. Molecule that collects hydrogens and becomes NADPH
  10. Orange pigment that absorbs extra light wavelengths

23 Clues: Transports water • Transports glucose • Discs where light-dependent reactions occur • A stack of thylakoids inside the chloroplast • Plant organ that absorbs water for photosynthesis • Molecule that collects hydrogens and becomes NADPH • Gas used during the Calvin cycle to produce sugars • A factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis • ...

IB Bio Topic 2.9 Extra Credit 2020-03-10

IB Bio Topic 2.9 Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. The visible light which has the longest wavelength and the lowest energy
  2. The phase of photosynthesis that requires CO2 as a reactant
  3. The electron carrier that is formed during the light-dependent reaction
  4. One of the limiting factors of photosynthesis
  5. Pigments responsible for absorbing green wavelengths in the visible spectrum
  6. One of the ways to measure the rate of photosynthesis
  7. An algae used by Engelmann to demonstrate that different wavelengths of light affect the rate of photosynthesis
  8. An apparatus used in the laboratory to estimate the rate of photosynthesis
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  1. A technique to separate pigments by molecule size
  2. The phase of photosynthesis that requires electromagnetic energy from green wavelengths
  3. The process of light splitting a water molecule into 1/2 O2, 2 H+, and 2 electrons
  4. Another name of the light-independent reaction
  5. The conversion of inorganic CO@ to organic molecules such as glucose
  6. Membrane-bound compartments inside chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. They are the site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis
  7. When oxygen reached 1% of current levels, these organisms evolved
  8. The time period when atmospheric oxygen reached levels close to today’s levels
  9. The type of redox reaction that occurs as H2O converts to O2
  10. The colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast

18 Clues: One of the limiting factors of photosynthesis • Another name of the light-independent reaction • A technique to separate pigments by molecule size • One of the ways to measure the rate of photosynthesis • The phase of photosynthesis that requires CO2 as a reactant • The type of redox reaction that occurs as H2O converts to O2 • ...

Plants - photosynthesis 2023-03-15

Plants - photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. breathe
  2. colour
  3. shopping
  4. energy
  5. flowers
  6. people
  7. beautiful
  8. organisms
  9. indoors
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  1. healthy
  2. structure
  3. moisture
  4. bacteria
  5. animal
  6. process
  7. photosynthesis
  8. feed
  9. fish

18 Clues: feed • fish • animal • colour • energy • people • healthy • breathe • process • flowers • indoors • moisture • bacteria • shopping • structure • beautiful • organisms • photosynthesis

Biology Choice Board 2022-09-28

Biology Choice Board crossword puzzle
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  1. reactions - first step of photosynthesis
  2. - first step in aerobic respiration
  3. - type of organism that breaks down biotic compounds
  4. Cycle - second step of aerobic respiration
  5. - all water on earth
  6. - second step of aerobic respiration
  7. - process of turning sun into light
  8. - charged energy storage with 3 phosphorus groups
  9. - site of photosynthesis
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  1. respiration - process of breaking down to make ATP
  2. - all soil and rocks on earth
  3. - all living things
  4. substance at the beginning of a chemical reaction
  5. - pigment in chloroplasts
  6. - substance created during a chemical reaction
  7. reactions - second step of photosynthesis
  8. - type of organisms
  9. - sphere of earth, all gases surrounding earth
  10. - anything that has mass

19 Clues: - all living things • - type of organisms • - all water on earth • - site of photosynthesis • - pigment in chloroplasts • - anything that has mass • - all soil and rocks on earth • - first step in aerobic respiration • - process of turning sun into light • - second step of aerobic respiration • reactions - first step of photosynthesis • reactions - second step of photosynthesis • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2024-10-04

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Otherwise known as sugar, created during photosynthesis
  2. A natural compound in plants that gives them their green color
  3. When there is less of this, leaves turn yellow & brown
  4. A living thing that grows in the ground and typically has roots, leaves, flowers, and stems
  5. This is where photosynthesis takes place
  6. A gas taken in by plants during photosynthesis
  7. The process of converting water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose
  8. The color resulting from chlorophyll
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  1. Openings in a leaf that absorb carbon dioxide
  2. Light energy needed for photosynthesis
  3. Enters the roots of a plant
  4. To begin to grow
  5. Keeps a plant attached to the ground
  6. A gas released by plants during photosynthesis
  7. The main stalk of a plant

15 Clues: To begin to grow • The main stalk of a plant • Enters the roots of a plant • Keeps a plant attached to the ground • The color resulting from chlorophyll • Light energy needed for photosynthesis • This is where photosynthesis takes place • Openings in a leaf that absorb carbon dioxide • A gas released by plants during photosynthesis • ...

Chapters 9 and 10 vocab crossword 2025-11-21

Chapters 9 and 10 vocab crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. mesophyll layer – Leaf layer with tightly packed cells, rich in chloroplasts.
  2. A – Helps convert pyruvate into acetyl-CoA.
  3. – 5-carbon molecule that captures CO₂ in the Calvin cycle.
  4. – Waxy outer layer on leaves, reduces water loss.
  5. cell – Cells that control the opening and closing of leaf pores.
  6. – Fluid inside chloroplasts where the Calvin cycle occurs.
  7. – 3-carbon sugar produced in the Calvin cycle.
  8. – Membrane-bound sacs in chloroplasts containing chlorophyll.
  9. – Organism that makes its own food, usually using sunlight.
  10. factors of photosynthesis – Conditions that slow down photosynthesis.
  11. acid fermentation – Process in muscles that produces lactic acid when oxygen is low.
  12. II – First part of light-dependent reactions; splits water molecules.
  13. spectrum – Shows which light wavelengths a pigment absorbs.
  14. – Electron carrier that becomes NADPH during photosynthesis.
  15. Cycle – Series of reactions in the stroma that produce sugar.
  16. – Enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide in the Calvin cycle.
  17. – Electron carrier in photosynthesis.
  18. respiration – Respiration that requires oxygen.
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  1. – Wasteful process where oxygen is used instead of CO₂.
  2. aerobes – Must have oxygen to survive.
  3. I – Part of photosynthesis that absorbs light and energizes electrons.
  4. respiration – Respiration that does not require oxygen.
  5. – Organism that must consume other organisms to get energy.
  6. plants/C4 photosynthesis – Plants that minimize photorespiration by using a 4-carbon compound.
  7. cycle – Citric acid cycle; produces electrons for ETC.
  8. aerobes – Can survive with or without oxygen.
  9. – First step of cellular respiration; breaks glucose into pyruvate.
  10. – Another electron carrier in respiration.
  11. (stoma) – Tiny leaf openings for gas exchange.
  12. – Electron carrier in cellular respiration.
  13. (granum) – Stacks of membrane-bound structures in chloroplasts where light reactions occur.
  14. fermentation – Produces alcohol and CO₂, used by yeast.
  15. transport system – Series of proteins that move electrons to make ATP.
  16. plants/C3 photosynthesis – Most common type of plant photosynthesis.
  17. – Proteins in electron transport chains.
  18. mesophyll layer – Leaf layer with air spaces, allows gas exchange.
  19. – Process of water moving out of leaves into the air.
  20. – The main energy currency of the cell; powers most cellular activities.
  21. plants/CAM photosynthesis – Plants that fix CO₂ at night to conserve water.
  22. acid (pyruvate) – End product of glycolysis.

40 Clues: – Electron carrier in photosynthesis. • aerobes – Must have oxygen to survive. • – Proteins in electron transport chains. • – Another electron carrier in respiration. • A – Helps convert pyruvate into acetyl-CoA. • – Electron carrier in cellular respiration. • acid (pyruvate) – End product of glycolysis. • aerobes – Can survive with or without oxygen. • ...

Photosynthesis Review 2020-12-07

Photosynthesis Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Another name for the Calvin Cycle
  2. Where light dependent reaction takes place
  3. Blue, violet, red, orange light is _______ by the chloroplast.
  4. Scientist that discovered CO2 is needed for glucose
  5. Cell with a nucleus and membrane bound organelles
  6. The light independent reaction can take place in the light (true/false).
  7. Molecule that sunlight breaks (blows) up into parts
  8. Electron/Hydrogen ion energy for light independent reaction
  9. Chemical formula for glucose
  10. Cell without a nucleus and membrane bound organelles
  11. Gas that goes into photosynthesis
  12. Scientist that discovered plants produce oxygen
  13. Where light independent reaction takes place
  14. Can affect the rate of photosynthesis
  15. Gas that is produced as waste during photosynthesis
  16. Which ATP phosphate group is removed to release energy to the cell?
  17. Stack of thylakoids
  18. Uncharged chemical energy molecule
  19. Uncharged electron/H energy carrier
  20. Type of eukaryotic cell that does photosynthesis
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  1. Where ATP stores its energy
  2. Scientist that discovered plants need water
  3. Macromolecule group of ATP
  4. Charged chemical energy molecule
  5. The light dependent reaction can take place in the dark(true/false).
  6. Monomer of ATP
  7. Best light color for photosynthesis (virtual lab)
  8. Color of pigment in chloroplasts
  9. Pigments are what type of macromolecule?
  10. Organisms that can make their own food.
  11. Organisms that cannot make their own food.
  12. Leaves appear green because green light is ________.
  13. Name of organelle that does photosynthesis
  14. Scientist that discovered plants need light
  15. How many membranes does a chloroplast have?
  16. Sugar in ATP
  17. Name of pigment in chloroplasts
  18. Energy source for the light dependent reaction
  19. Number of CO2 molecules needed to make one glucose

39 Clues: Sugar in ATP • Monomer of ATP • Stack of thylakoids • Macromolecule group of ATP • Where ATP stores its energy • Chemical formula for glucose • Name of pigment in chloroplasts • Charged chemical energy molecule • Color of pigment in chloroplasts • Another name for the Calvin Cycle • Gas that goes into photosynthesis • Uncharged chemical energy molecule • ...

Terminologies: Photosynthesis 2022-09-15

Terminologies: Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. coloured substances that absorb light of particular wavelengths
  2. found within a chloroplast
  3. membranes,inside the chloroplast in an enclosed fluid-filed sac where L.D.S takes place
  4. , The production of ATP using energy from light, involving only photosystem I
  5. first series of reaction that requires energy
  6. centre , The part of a photosystem towards which energy from light is funnelled.
  7. five-carbon phosphorylated sugar which is the first compound to combine with CO2 during light-independent stage
  8. spaces,the fluid-filed sac enclosed by the thylakoid membranes
  9. final series of reaction that doesn't require light but uses
  10. ATP using energy obtained from the light
  11. , A cluster of light-harvesting pigments surrounding a reaction centre
  12. from the L.D.S to make energy
  13. coenzyme that transfers hydrogen from one substance to another
  14. Factor,The requirement for a process to take place that is in the shortest supply
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  1. ,The emission of an electron from a molecule as a result of the absorption of energy from light
  2. background material in a chloroplast that the L.D.S of photosynthesis takes place
  3. cycle,a cycle of reaction in the L.D.S where CO2 is reduced to form
  4. three-carbon phosphorylated sugar
  5. water molecules using energy from light
  6. , An enzyme found in photosystem II that catalyses the breakdown of water, using energy from light
  7. Spectrum , A graph showing the effect of different wavelengths of light on a process
  8. green pigment that absorbs energy
  9. three-carbon compound formed when RuBP and CO2 combines.
  10. enzyme that catalyses the combination of RuBP with CO2
  11. Value , A number that indicates how far a substance travels during chromatography
  12. , The production of ATP using energy from light, involving both photosystem I and II
  13. spectrum , A graph showing the absorbance of different wavelengths of light by a photosynthetic pigment
  14. , A technique that can separate substances in a mixture according to their solubility in a solvent.

28 Clues: found within a chloroplast • from the L.D.S to make energy • three-carbon phosphorylated sugar • green pigment that absorbs energy • water molecules using energy from light • ATP using energy obtained from the light • first series of reaction that requires energy • enzyme that catalyses the combination of RuBP with CO2 • ...

Respiration & Photosynthesis 2019-02-15

Respiration & Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. The main photosynthetic pigment (11)
  2. A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (11)
  3. spectrum A graph used to represent the amount of photosynthesis from a plant in different wavelengths of light (6, 8)
  4. Water is split to release this as a by product (6)
  5. The product of glycolysis (8)
  6. A product of anaerobic respiration from humans (6,4)
  7. Anaerobic respiration produces more of this in muscle contraction (5)
  8. A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (6, 7)
  9. A solvent commonly used to separate photosynthetic pigments (7)
  10. The controlled release of energy from glucose (11)
  11. Used by plant to create organic molecules from inorganic ones (14)
  12. An energy storage molecule (3)
  13. A product of photolysis used to make ATP (9)
  14. The place where pyruvate is fully oxidised to produce carbon dioxide and water (12)
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  1. A product of photolysis used to make ATP (8, 4)
  2. Equipment used to measure that rate of respiration (12)
  3. Type of respiration taking place that takes place in the cytoplasm and mitochondria (7)
  4. The process by which glucose is broken down in the cytoplasm (10)
  5. The purpose of photosynthesis (7)
  6. A technique that can be used to observe photosynthetic pigments within a leaf (14)
  7. A product of anaerobic respiration from yeast (7)
  8. spectrum A graph used to represent the wavelengths absorbed by each pigment (10, 8)
  9. A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (5, 9)
  10. When cyanobacteria appeared on the planet, this starts to appear in rocks, particularly when iron is present (4)
  11. The process by which chlorophyll splits apart water (10)
  12. Type of respiration that takes place in the cytoplasm only (9)

26 Clues: The product of glycolysis (8) • An energy storage molecule (3) • The purpose of photosynthesis (7) • The main photosynthetic pigment (11) • A product of photolysis used to make ATP (9) • A product of photolysis used to make ATP (8, 4) • A product of anaerobic respiration from yeast (7) • A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (11) • ...

Photosynthesis Vocab 2019-11-25

Photosynthesis Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. does not require oxygen
  2. H20
  3. green plant cells contain chlorophyll and photosynthesis takes place
  4. the set of chemical reactions that take place in the chloroplasts during photosynthesis
  5. a long chain of chemical reactions that take place in the normal operation of living systems
  6. breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, muscle cell, etc. and giving off heat
  7. breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy
  8. supportive tissue in an organ
  9. process where plants use sunlight and water to make oxygen
  10. cells generate energy from aerobic respiration
  11. flattened sacs inside a chloroplast
  12. another term for ethanol
  13. in photosynthesis that requires light energy and converts to NADPH
  14. produced in the muscle during exercise and makes muscles sore
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  1. O2
  2. organelle found in most cells by respiration and energy occurs
  3. Adenosine Triphosphate
  4. intake of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide
  5. transfers electrons to electron acceptors
  6. sugar
  7. CO2
  8. requires oxygen

22 Clues: O2 • H20 • CO2 • sugar • requires oxygen • Adenosine Triphosphate • does not require oxygen • another term for ethanol • supportive tissue in an organ • flattened sacs inside a chloroplast • transfers electrons to electron acceptors • intake of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide • cells generate energy from aerobic respiration • breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy • ...

Photosynthesis Review 2018-11-15

Photosynthesis Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Photosystem I transfers _______ to produce NADPH
  2. Organelle that photosynthesis happens in
  3. Needs one phosphate to become ATP
  4. Pigment that makes plants green
  5. Photosystem II and Photosystem I absorb ________ to excite electrons
  6. Happens in the thylakoid membrane
  7. Made of 2 molecules of G3P
  8. A stack of thylakoids
  9. Number of G3P that is gone to make glucose
  10. Waste product of photosynthesis
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  1. Organisms that make their own food (ex. glucose)
  2. Light is converted into ________ energy in the form of ATP
  3. Carrier of electrons to the Calvin Cycle
  4. First part of the Calvin Cycle
  5. The reaction of photosynthesis
  6. Adds a phosphate to ADP
  7. Happens in the stroma
  8. Organisms that have to consume other organisms for food
  9. Number of G3P that is recycled
  10. Electron Transport Chain pumps _________ to the ATP Synthase

20 Clues: Happens in the stroma • A stack of thylakoids • Adds a phosphate to ADP • Made of 2 molecules of G3P • First part of the Calvin Cycle • The reaction of photosynthesis • Number of G3P that is recycled • Pigment that makes plants green • Waste product of photosynthesis • Needs one phosphate to become ATP • Happens in the thylakoid membrane • Carrier of electrons to the Calvin Cycle • ...

photosynthesis crossword 2022-03-10

photosynthesis crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. hydrogen flowing through the stroma to the thylakoid membrane to the lumen
  2. light independent reaactions
  3. jelly like interior of chloroplast
  4. breakdown of water
  5. a green pigment
  6. an electron donar
  7. light energy excites electrons inside the chlorophyll
  8. clusters of chlorophyll
  9. packets of light
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  1. used to make glucose in the second step of photosynthesis
  2. flattened sacs inside the chloroplast
  3. stacks of thylakoid
  4. a series of progressivly stronger electron accepters
  5. why yellow colored pigments are only visible in the fall and not the summer
  6. transport molecules
  7. distance between successive crests of waves
  8. reaction that loses molecules
  9. provides immediate energy for cellular functions
  10. synthesizing ATP
  11. form of electromagnetic radiation that travels as waves

20 Clues: a green pigment • synthesizing ATP • packets of light • an electron donar • breakdown of water • stacks of thylakoid • transport molecules • clusters of chlorophyll • light independent reaactions • reaction that loses molecules • jelly like interior of chloroplast • flattened sacs inside the chloroplast • distance between successive crests of waves • ...

Photosynthesis (Ewing) 2023-12-11

Photosynthesis (Ewing) crossword puzzle
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  1. A TESTABLE STATEMENT
  2. DESCRIBES HOW THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME
  3. SOMETHING THAT MAKES ITS OWN FOOD
  4. HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW POWERS ON A MICROSCOPE
  5. THE CONSTANT INTERNAL STATE OF LIVING THINGS
  6. COMES BEFORE A HYPOTHESIS
  7. THE SUM OF ALL CHEMICAL RAECTIONS FOR AN ORGANISM
  8. THE STUDY OF LIFE
  9. SOMETHING THAT HAS TO TAKE IN FOOD
  10. BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES
  11. AN ORGANISM WITH MANY CELLS
  12. THIS PART CHANGES IN AN EXPERIMENT
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  1. THE TYPE OF MICROSCOPES WE USE
  2. USING ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE SENSES TO PERCEIVE EVENTS
  3. WHEN CELLS ASSUME NEW ROLES DURING DEVELOPMENT
  4. THIS GROUP STAYS THE SAME IN AN EXPERIMENT
  5. HOW PLANTS MAKE FOOD
  6. A BROAD, COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT OF WHAT'S THOUGHT TO BE TRUE
  7. THE STUDY OF HOW THINGS INTERACT WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT
  8. AN ORGANISM WITH ONE CELL
  9. CARRIES GENETIC INFORMATION IN A CELL
  10. ALL LIVING THINGS HAVE THESE
  11. WHERE SLIDES GO ON THE MICROSCOPE
  12. REPRODUCTION WITH ONE PARENT

24 Clues: THE STUDY OF LIFE • A TESTABLE STATEMENT • HOW PLANTS MAKE FOOD • BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES • AN ORGANISM WITH ONE CELL • COMES BEFORE A HYPOTHESIS • AN ORGANISM WITH MANY CELLS • ALL LIVING THINGS HAVE THESE • REPRODUCTION WITH ONE PARENT • THE TYPE OF MICROSCOPES WE USE • SOMETHING THAT MAKES ITS OWN FOOD • WHERE SLIDES GO ON THE MICROSCOPE • SOMETHING THAT HAS TO TAKE IN FOOD • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2024-01-24

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion
  2. having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei
  3. any of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
  4. a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  5. formation of compounds in plants aided by radiant energy
  6. a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ
  7. any organism of microscopic size
  8. an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
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  1. a way of thinking or coming to mutual understanding
  2. depending on free oxygen or air
  3. an idea evoked by some experience
  4. any coloured material found in a plant or animal cell
  5. dioxide a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances
  6. a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms
  7. the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
  8. a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for respiration
  9. organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
  10. the totality of surrounding conditions
  11. the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
  12. produced by reactions involving atomic or molecular changes

20 Clues: depending on free oxygen or air • any organism of microscopic size • an idea evoked by some experience • the totality of surrounding conditions • having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei • a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms • organelle in which photosynthesis takes place • a way of thinking or coming to mutual understanding • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2024-03-07

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Process of making ATP using energy from the H+ ion gradient
  2. What pulls H= ions from outside the thylakoid into the lumen
  3. Atoms lose electrons
  4. How many ATPs are used when theres 1 CO2
  5. Long series of chemical reactions after the electron is removed from the photosystem II
  6. NADP+ + +
  7. What happens when electrons get hit by a photon
  8. What G3P makes
  9. Clusters of chloroplast, chlorophyll and other pigments in the thylakoid membrane
  10. Specialized protein: ATP____ complex
  11. Location of carbon fixation
  12. What is diffused directly into the chloroplast
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  1. Third stage of photosynthesis
  2. Gas released as a byproduct of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis
  3. How electrons are replaced after they're passed on to the TC
  4. Where light-dependent reactions take place
  5. Atoms gain electrons
  6. ADP + Pi
  7. Individual packets of energy
  8. How many electrons NADP+ accepts

20 Clues: ADP + Pi • NADP+ + + • What G3P makes • Atoms gain electrons • Atoms lose electrons • Location of carbon fixation • Individual packets of energy • Third stage of photosynthesis • How many electrons NADP+ accepts • Specialized protein: ATP____ complex • How many ATPs are used when theres 1 CO2 • Where light-dependent reactions take place • ...

Photosynthesis vocab 2025-02-05

Photosynthesis vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Carries the food around the plant to various areas
  2. The part of a plant cell that takes in sunlight for the plant
  3. Located on a leaf of a plant and it takes in carbon dioxide
  4. The name for H2O
  5. The pigment that is responsible for plants green color
  6. The tubes in a plant that carries water and minerals
  7. This is also known as the powerhouse of the cell
  8. An organism that eats others to get its energy
  9. Used to represent an uncharged battery
  10. The part of a plant that collects minerals and water from the soil
  11. ________ provides plants with light energy for photosynthesis
  12. The process of a plant making its food
  13. The energy plants use to start photosynthesis
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  1. one of the products of phototsynthesis (sugar)
  2. The food of the plant that is carried through the phloem
  3. The process that makes ATP
  4. Energy we get from food
  5. Organisms that can use light energy and convert it into chemical energy
  6. The gas that is released from a stomata
  7. The thing that holds stomatas on it
  8. Made up of water and minerals
  9. Dioxide The gas plants take in for photosynthesis
  10. Used to represent a charged battery for a plant
  11. The process when air becomes clean
  12. Extra clumps of sugar stored away in the plant for winter

25 Clues: The name for H2O • Energy we get from food • The process that makes ATP • Made up of water and minerals • The process when air becomes clean • The thing that holds stomatas on it • Used to represent an uncharged battery • The process of a plant making its food • The gas that is released from a stomata • The energy plants use to start photosynthesis • ...

photosynthesis review 2025-02-02

photosynthesis review crossword puzzle
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  1. Only a few businesses sell all the products.
  2. Around _________ of all startups fail within the first five years.
  3. Type of economic system where consumers decide what will be produced; income determines who gets what.
  4. $ left over after the cost-of-goods expense & operating expense are subtracted from the total income.
  5. Type of economic system where the government owns the country's resources & decides how they will be allocated.
  6. Positive (+) Money earned.
  7. Doing nothing to reduce or eliminate a risk.
  8. Negative (-) Money spent.
  9. Organized ways in which countries handle their economic decisions and solve their economic problems.
  10. Possible events or situations that directly influence a company's cash flow.
  11. Potential events or situations that can cause injury or harm to people, property, or environment.
  12. How much you sell something for.
  13. Taking measures to reduce a risk and it's impact.
  14. Price determines what consumers can buy.
  15. $ left over after the cost-of-goods expense is subtracted from the total income.
  16. Monetary reward business owners receive in return for business.
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  1. Individuals or businesses own resources and the means of production.
  2. Individuals and businesses are the primary economic decision makers; government helps regulate and control the system.
  3. How much something costs to make.
  4. Type of economic system where the government plans, but supply and demand are considered.
  5. Businesses and industries are owned and operated by private individuals or companies rather than the government.
  6. Possible events that can result from employee actions, core processes, and daily business activities.
  7. Consumers & businesses have the freedom to make decisions about what to buy, sell, and produce.
  8. Type of economic system where there are no incomes, prices, or markets.
  9. Possibility of loss or gain inherent in conducting business.
  10. Type of risk that reduces or eliminates the risk by transferring it to another person.
  11. Market is controlled by one business, no competition.
  12. Can have significant impact on the company's long-term plans and concern for the overall business environment.
  13. Businesses compete to attract customers by offering better products, services, or prices.
  14. Choosing not to encounter the risk.

30 Clues: Negative (-) Money spent. • Positive (+) Money earned. • How much you sell something for. • How much something costs to make. • Choosing not to encounter the risk. • Price determines what consumers can buy. • Only a few businesses sell all the products. • Doing nothing to reduce or eliminate a risk. • Taking measures to reduce a risk and it's impact. • ...

Photosynthesis Vocabulary 2023-09-26

Photosynthesis Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Groups Of Unstack Thylakiods Bewteen Grana
  2. Protein-Rich Semiliquid Material In The Interior Of A Choroplast
  3. Membrane-Bound Organelle In Green Plant Cells
  4. Stacks Of Thylakoids
  5. Electron Donor
  6. Lumen The Fluid-filled space inside Thylakiods
  7. The Breakdown Of Water By Photons
  8. Second Of Reactions in Calvin Cycle
  9. Electron Acceptor
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  1. Reaction Which Atom Or Molecule Gains Electrons
  2. Pigment Embedded In A Thylakoid Membrane
  3. Specialized Protein Emedded in The Thylakoid Membrane
  4. Fixes CO2 Into Carbohydrate Molecules
  5. Molecule Contains 3 High Energy Phosphate
  6. Series Progessively Stronger Electron Acceptors
  7. Process For Synthesizing ATP
  8. Reaction Which Atom Or Molecule Loses Electrons
  9. First Set of Reactions in Calvin Cycle
  10. Organisms Contain Green Colour Pigment
  11. Molecule Contains 2 High Energy Phosphate

20 Clues: Electron Donor • Electron Acceptor • Stacks Of Thylakoids • Process For Synthesizing ATP • The Breakdown Of Water By Photons • Second Of Reactions in Calvin Cycle • Fixes CO2 Into Carbohydrate Molecules • First Set of Reactions in Calvin Cycle • Organisms Contain Green Colour Pigment • Pigment Embedded In A Thylakoid Membrane • Molecule Contains 3 High Energy Phosphate • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2024-09-27

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Combination of oxidation and reduction reactions
  2. what is missing Carbon Dioxide+energy+_____--> Oxygen+Glucose
  3. Absorbs photons from the sun
  4. Where are the photosystems located (2 words no space)
  5. first and second stages require this type of energy
  6. released as electrons move through ETC
  7. _____ cycle that takes place in the stroma
  8. what must be present within the stroma for the Calvin cycle to operate (2 words no space)
  9. provides immediate energy for cellular functions (begins with the letter B)
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  1. reaction where atoms/molecules loses electrons
  2. Energy from the sun is used to boost 2 _____
  3. chemical reaction when a compound is broken down by light
  4. Hydrogen ions are being pulled from the _____ to the lumen through a hydrogen pump
  5. redox reactions are used to release energy for the ______ (2 words no space)
  6. What color cant plants cant absorb
  7. ATP using the energy from hydrogen ions gradient is called
  8. needed to release muscle contractions
  9. G3P is used to make
  10. electron donor
  11. What type of energy are photons converted into

20 Clues: electron donor • G3P is used to make • Absorbs photons from the sun • What color cant plants cant absorb • needed to release muscle contractions • released as electrons move through ETC • _____ cycle that takes place in the stroma • Energy from the sun is used to boost 2 _____ • reaction where atoms/molecules loses electrons • What type of energy are photons converted into • ...

Photosynthesis & Respiration 2024-11-04

Photosynthesis & Respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. Tiny turbines in cells spinning out ATP – powered by protons
  2. The green MVP that lets plants drink up sunshine like energy smoothies
  3. Chloroplast’s goopy ‘kitchen’ where sugar gets cooked up
  4. Leaf cell’s mini solar panels, where sunshine becomes sugar
  5. Main way cells get their energy, with a little help from oxygen
  6. Energy taxi that helps plants turn CO₂ into sugar goodness
  7. Photosynthesis’s night shift – making sugar, no sun required!
  8. Oxygen-free option for energy – useful for yeast, bread, and muscles
  9. Mitochondria’s central ‘mixing bowl’ where energy reactions unfold
  10. Gift from plants to the world, keeping us all breathing
  11. Little packets of pure cell power – the ‘battery’ cells need
  12. Plant energy starter-pack, straight from the sky
  13. What keeps every cell going, from leaves to lungs
  14. Color-catchers that give plants their greens and absorb light
  15. Tiny green ‘discs’ in chloroplasts where light energy gets trapped
  16. Cell’s energy factory – where food is ‘burned’ for fuel
  17. Cell’s squishy zone where the first steps of respiration happen
  18. Light-trapping complex – it’s the spark that starts it all
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  1. Quick, sugar-splitting first step of respiration – no oxygen needed
  2. Leaf’s cozy workspace for photosynthesis – the main hub
  3. Self-feeders of the world, producing their own food like magic
  4. Respiration’s energy-generating loop inside mitochondria – spins out ATP!
  5. Tiny doorways on leaves that let the air in – plant nostrils, kinda
  6. Gas we breathe out, but plants gulp down for their ‘food prep’
  7. Backup breathing for cells when oxygen’s a no-show
  8. Photosynthesis: It’s a chemical ________ of light, water, and CO₂
  9. Root-sourced refreshment that keeps plants hydrated and ready to grow
  10. Respiration’s ‘power line’ that makes loads of ATP
  11. First thing plants need to kick off the food-making magic
  12. Sweet treat made by plants – think sugar, but as plant fuel!

30 Clues: Plant energy starter-pack, straight from the sky • What keeps every cell going, from leaves to lungs • Backup breathing for cells when oxygen’s a no-show • Respiration’s ‘power line’ that makes loads of ATP • Leaf’s cozy workspace for photosynthesis – the main hub • Gift from plants to the world, keeping us all breathing • ...

photosynthesis-caitlin 2024-10-31

photosynthesis-caitlin crossword puzzle
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  1. the plants principle
  2. stores more energy than atp
  3. releaseser
  4. groups at the end of atp and adp
  5. a stack of thylakoids
  6. needed for plants to live
  7. short term energy
  8. can go without light
  9. 5 carbon sugar
  10. its an animal
  11. light independent stage
  12. nitrogen containing compound
  13. livingneedsng and needs oxegyn
  14. plants use to create carbon dioxide and oxegyn
  15. affects the rate of photosythesis
  16. sac-like membranes in chloroplast
  17. partof atp
  18. light independent stage
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  1. is what is removed in the calvin cycle
  2. light independent stage
  3. organic compound that creates color
  4. requires light
  5. where photosynthesis takes place
  6. space outside the thylakoid membrane
  7. releses energy for the cell to work
  8. process plants use to turn sun into co^2
  9. plants give of this from the sun

27 Clues: releaseser • partof atp • its an animal • requires light • 5 carbon sugar • short term energy • the plants principle • can go without light • a stack of thylakoids • light independent stage • light independent stage • light independent stage • needed for plants to live • stores more energy than atp • nitrogen containing compound • livingneedsng and needs oxegyn • groups at the end of atp and adp • ...

photosynthesis/reese 2024-10-31

photosynthesis/reese crossword puzzle
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  1. products made by the light-dependent
  2. does not need sunlight
  3. sugar product of the calvin cycle
  4. provides the energy for the cell
  5. can affect photosynthesis
  6. 1 Calvin Cycle
  7. where photosynthesis takes place
  8. 2 known as light-dependent
  9. product of photosystem 1
  10. dioxide a gas that's a reactant of photosynthesis
  11. can make their food
  12. nitrogen-containing
  13. space outside the thlakoid membrane
  14. takes in food
  15. light absorbing plant's
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  1. needs sunlight
  2. nitrogen-containing compound
  3. plants principal pigment
  4. apart of ATP and ADP
  5. energy source light-dependent phase
  6. stake of thylakoids
  7. process, in which plants make food
  8. H2O and a reactant
  9. sac-like membrane
  10. sugar
  11. can not make their food
  12. produces food
  13. cycle light-independent/photosystem 1

28 Clues: sugar • produces food • takes in food • needs sunlight • sac-like membrane • H2O and a reactant • stake of thylakoids • 1 Calvin Cycle • can make their food • nitrogen-containing • apart of ATP and ADP • does not need sunlight • can not make their food • light absorbing plant's • plants principal pigment • product of photosystem 1 • can affect photosynthesis • nitrogen-containing compound • ...

Photosynthesis - Aurora 2024-10-31

Photosynthesis - Aurora crossword puzzle
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  1. nitrogen-containing compound
  2. reactant needed in light-dependent stage
  3. factor affecting photosynthesis
  4. plants' principal pigment
  5. stack of thylakoids
  6. light independent stage
  7. produces
  8. provides energy to the cell
  9. can make their own food
  10. process the plant makes its food
  11. when ATP loses phosphate
  12. consumes
  13. product of light-dependent stage
  14. light-dependent light dependent stage
  15. light independent stage
  16. thylakoid inn cycle takes place
  17. light dependent stage
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  1. doesn't need sunlight
  2. color
  3. requires sunlight
  4. 5 carbon sugar
  5. product of light-independent stage
  6. releases to make ATP ADP
  7. can not make their food
  8. space outside the thylakoids membrane
  9. where photosynthesis takes place
  10. reactant needed in the Calvin cycle

27 Clues: color • produces • consumes • 5 carbon sugar • requires sunlight • stack of thylakoids • doesn't need sunlight • light dependent stage • light independent stage • can make their own food • can not make their food • light independent stage • releases to make ATP ADP • when ATP loses phosphate • plants' principal pigment • provides energy to the cell • nitrogen-containing compound • ...

Jayden's ASTRONOMICAL Puzzle 2022-11-02

Jayden's ASTRONOMICAL Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. organism that makes its own food
  2. tissue of plant that transports water and nutrients
  3. removes carbon dioxide from atmoshpere
  4. one of the products of photosynthesis
  5. where photosynthesis occurs
  6. substance made at end of process
  7. H20
  8. a pore in the middle of the plants leaves that allows gas to enter and exit
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  1. Removes oxygen from the atmosphere
  2. main source of photosynthesis
  3. input of what make the output
  4. consumer or gatherer
  5. where the second stage of cellular respiration happens
  6. first stage of where cellular respiration occurs
  7. sugary substance made after photosynthesis

15 Clues: H20 • consumer or gatherer • where photosynthesis occurs • main source of photosynthesis • input of what make the output • organism that makes its own food • substance made at end of process • Removes oxygen from the atmosphere • one of the products of photosynthesis • removes carbon dioxide from atmoshpere • sugary substance made after photosynthesis • ...

PS/CR Crossword 2025-12-17

PS/CR Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the pigment that absorbs energy from the sun and makes plants green
  2. where photosynthesis takes place
  3. energy powers photosynthesis
  4. product of cellular respiration (gas)
  5. how organisms get energy in low oxygen environments
  6. The CR and PS equations are considered this
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  1. where stage 2 of cellular respiration takes place
  2. product of cellular respiration
  3. reactant of photosynthesis (gas)
  4. reactant of photosynthesis
  5. energy created by cellular respiration that cells can use
  6. reactant of cellular respiration(gas)
  7. product of photosynthesis (gas)
  8. C6H12O6 common name
  9. organisms that can only do cellular respiration
  10. where stage 1 of cellular respiration takes place
  11. organisms that can do both photosynthesis and cellular respiration

17 Clues: C6H12O6 common name • reactant of photosynthesis • energy powers photosynthesis • product of cellular respiration • product of photosynthesis (gas) • reactant of photosynthesis (gas) • where photosynthesis takes place • reactant of cellular respiration(gas) • product of cellular respiration (gas) • The CR and PS equations are considered this • ...

science crossword (photosynthesis 2022-11-01

science crossword (photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. plants, they start off the food chain
  2. a plastid that contains chlorophyll
  3. eats other organisms
  4. unprocessed or untouched
  5. produce by photosynthesis
  6. power house of the cell
  7. raw material for photosynthesis
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  1. the outcome
  2. what human and animals breahte
  3. process for food
  4. what plants inhaleglucose
  5. another word for glucose
  6. inhale exhale
  7. gets their food by eating others
  8. a plant that does do photosynthesis

15 Clues: the outcome • inhale exhale • process for food • eats other organisms • power house of the cell • another word for glucose • unprocessed or untouched • what plants inhaleglucose • produce by photosynthesis • what human and animals breahte • raw material for photosynthesis • gets their food by eating others • a plastid that contains chlorophyll • a plant that does do photosynthesis • ...

Interrelationship between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration 2019-01-30

Interrelationship between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. the organism that carry out cellular respiration
  2. the organelle where cellular respiration occur
  3. energy that plants capture during the process photosynthesis
  4. the organelle in a plant where photosynthesis take place
  5. a process used by plants to convert light energy into chemical energy
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  1. a reactant of Photosynthesis
  2. organism that can produce its own food using light water and carbon dioxide or other chemicals
  3. the organism that carry out photosynthesis
  4. a reactant of cellular respiration
  5. a waste product of cellular respiration
  6. is released by cellular respiration and is used by photosynthesis.
  7. a product of photosynthesis
  8. Glucose

13 Clues: Glucose • a product of photosynthesis • a reactant of Photosynthesis • a reactant of cellular respiration • a waste product of cellular respiration • the organism that carry out photosynthesis • the organelle where cellular respiration occur • the organism that carry out cellular respiration • the organelle in a plant where photosynthesis take place • ...

Leaf and Photosynthesis Crossword 2023-10-04

Leaf and Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. carries water from the roots
  2. the cycle name for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
  3. empty space that exchanges carbon dioxide and oxygen
  4. the part of leaf cells that perform photosynthesis
  5. the lower one contains guard cells and stomata
  6. layer that stores sugar and exchanges gases
  7. photosynthesis occurs in this layer
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  1. made up of phloem and xylem and carries water and minerals
  2. carries food down to the roots
  3. the waxy outside layer of a leaf that prevents water loss
  4. the sugar made in photosynthesis
  5. the main job of a leaf
  6. where energy for photosynthesis comes from
  7. plants produce this gas that we breathe during photosynthesis
  8. cell on the outside that opens and closes stomata

15 Clues: the main job of a leaf • carries water from the roots • carries food down to the roots • the sugar made in photosynthesis • photosynthesis occurs in this layer • where energy for photosynthesis comes from • layer that stores sugar and exchanges gases • the lower one contains guard cells and stomata • cell on the outside that opens and closes stomata • ...

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration 2012-12-09

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. Processes that require oxygen
  2. This Reaction turns glucose into energy
  3. This gas is released by photosynthesis
  4. Charged Electron Carrier present in Cellular Respiration but not in photosynthesis
  5. Processes that don't require oxygen
  6. Place where the Kreb's Cycle takes place
  7. Glucose is broken down to produce 2 of this in cellular respiration
  8. The process used by plants to create energy
  9. First Stage of Cellular Respiration
  10. This reaction occurs in the Stroma
  11. Plants need this gas to do photosynthesis
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  1. ADP stands for this
  2. Process by which organisms can produce ATP without Oxygen
  3. this reaction occurs in the Thylakoid Membrane
  4. NADP+ after being charged with an electron
  5. Transport Chain Place where electrons are formed into ATP
  6. This Molecule is used to form electrons in photosynthesis

17 Clues: ADP stands for this • Processes that require oxygen • This reaction occurs in the Stroma • Processes that don't require oxygen • First Stage of Cellular Respiration • This gas is released by photosynthesis • This Reaction turns glucose into energy • Place where the Kreb's Cycle takes place • Plants need this gas to do photosynthesis • ...

ss 2025-11-14

ss crossword puzzle
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  1. colony
  2. exotic
  3. timber
  4. nocturnal
  5. photosynthesis
  6. growl
  7. camouflage
  8. reptile
  9. scales
  10. salmon
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  1. pollinate
  2. coal
  3. hibernate
  4. endangered
  5. species
  6. fang
  7. hiss
  8. kennel
  9. metamorphosis
  10. aquatic
  11. omnivorous
  12. swarm
  13. fluffy
  14. amphibian

24 Clues: coal • fang • hiss • swarm • growl • colony • exotic • timber • kennel • fluffy • scales • salmon • species • aquatic • reptile • pollinate • hibernate • nocturnal • amphibian • endangered • omnivorous • camouflage • metamorphosis • photosynthesis

Plant Biology 1 2022-05-10

Plant Biology 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. The cell in roots which absorbs water
  2. Holes in the bottom of the leaf
  3. The sugar produced in photosynthesis
  4. This is needed for photosynthesis to happen
  5. The process where sugar is moved around the plant
  6. The tube which carries sugar in the stem
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  1. The process where water evaporates from the leaf
  2. A factor which impacts the rate of transpiration
  3. The tube which carries water in the stem
  4. The gas needed for photosynthesis to occur
  5. Where photosynthesis occurs in a cell
  6. The gas produced in photosynthesis
  7. Opens and closes the stomata
  8. The cell in a leaf where most photosynthesis occurs

14 Clues: Opens and closes the stomata • Holes in the bottom of the leaf • The gas produced in photosynthesis • The sugar produced in photosynthesis • The cell in roots which absorbs water • Where photosynthesis occurs in a cell • The tube which carries water in the stem • The tube which carries sugar in the stem • The gas needed for photosynthesis to occur • ...

Matthew Kim 2023-01-03

Matthew Kim crossword puzzle
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  1. Stacks of thylakoids in chloroplasts where photosynthesis occurs.
  2. Chemical reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light energy and produce glucose.
  3. A substance that absorbs specific wavelengths of light.
  4. The process of converting light energy into chemical energy in plants.
  5. A membranous sac in chloroplasts where light-dependent reactions occur.
  6. Chemical reactions in photosynthesis that require light energy and produce ATP and NADPH.
  7. Proteins that transfer electrons from photosystems to ATP synthase, producing ATP.
  8. A molecule that transfers high-energy electrons in cellular metabolism.
  9. A coenzyme that transfers high-energy electrons in photosynthesis.
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  1. An enzyme that produces ATP using energy from the electron transport chain.
  2. A pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  3. Electrons that have absorbed light energy and have high energy.
  4. The process of capturing and storing light energy.
  5. The fluid-filled area surrounding thylakoids in chloroplasts where light-independent reactions occur.
  6. A group of proteins and pigments that capture light energy and transfer it to the electron transport chain.
  7. A molecule that stores and transports energy.
  8. Light-independent reactions in photosynthesis that convert CO2 into glucose using ATP and NADPH.
  9. A pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.

18 Clues: A molecule that stores and transports energy. • The process of capturing and storing light energy. • A substance that absorbs specific wavelengths of light. • Electrons that have absorbed light energy and have high energy. • A pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. • Stacks of thylakoids in chloroplasts where photosynthesis occurs. • ...

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration 2025-03-18

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. A molecule that carries electrons in cellular respiration, similar to NAD+.
  2. An energy carrier molecule produced during photosynthesis that helps with the light-independent reactions.
  3. Independent Reactions: The second part of photosynthesis (also called the Calvin Cycle), where the energy from ATP and NADPH is used to make sugars.
  4. The fluid inside chloroplasts where the Calvin Cycle (light-independent reactions) takes place.
  5. Cycle: A part of cellular respiration that takes place in the mitochondria, where more energy is produced from glucose.
  6. Dependent Reactions: The first part of photosynthesis, where sunlight is used to make energy-rich molecules (ATP and NADPH).
  7. Transport Chain: A series of proteins that move electrons and help produce energy in the form of ATP during cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
  8. Flat, disc-shaped structures inside chloroplasts where light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis happen.
  9. A molecule that stores energy for cells to use.
  10. A substance that absorbs light, like chlorophyll, which helps plants capture energy from the sun.
  11. Cycle: A series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis that turn carbon dioxide into glucose (sugar).
  12. The first step in breaking down glucose to make energy; happens in the cytoplasm.
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  1. A process that doesn’t require oxygen to produce energy (like anaerobic respiration or fermentation).
  2. A molecule that carries electrons in photosynthesis, and when it gains electrons, it becomes NADPH.
  3. The green pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis.
  4. A molecule that is similar to ATP but has less energy (ATP becomes ADP when it loses a phosphate group).
  5. Respiration: The process by which cells break down sugar (glucose) to get energy in the form of ATP.
  6. A process that requires oxygen to produce energy (like aerobic respiration).
  7. The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
  8. The inner part of the mitochondria where the Krebs Cycle occurs.

20 Clues: A molecule that stores energy for cells to use. • The inner part of the mitochondria where the Krebs Cycle occurs. • The green pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis. • A molecule that carries electrons in cellular respiration, similar to NAD+. • A process that requires oxygen to produce energy (like aerobic respiration). • ...

Photosynthesis Terms 2016-03-03

Photosynthesis Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. The light-absorbing green-coloured pigment that begins the process of photosynthesis.
  2. The second set of reactions in photosynthesis (the Calvin Cycle); these reactions do not require solar energy.
  3. A compound that donates one hydrogen atom and two electrons to another molecule, to reform NADP+; is an electron donor.
  4. A reaction in which an atom or molecule loses electrons.
  5. A molecule containing three high-energy phosphate bonds that acts as the primary energy-transferring molecule in living organisms.
  6. A process for synthesizing ATP using the energy of an electrochemical gradient and the ATP synthase enzyme.
  7. The protein-rich semiliquid material in the interior of a chloroplast.
  8. A compound that accepts one hydrogen atom and two electrons, forming NADPH; is an electron acceptor.
  9. A specialized protein complex embedded in the thylakoid membrane that allows H+ ions to escape from the lumen and uses the resulting energy to generate ATP.
  10. The fluid-filled space inside a thylakoid.
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  1. The first set of reactions of photosynthesis in which light energy excites electrons in chlorophyll molecules, powers chemiosmotic ATP synthesis, and results in the reduction of NADP+ to NADPH.
  2. A reaction in which an atom or molecule gains electrons.
  3. The photosynthetic membrane within a chloroplast that contains light-gathering pigment molecules and electron transport chains.
  4. A cluster of photosynthetic pigments embedded in a thylakoid membrane of a chloroplast that absorbs light energy.
  5. Stacks of thylakoids.
  6. Groups of unstacked thylakoids between grana.
  7. A series of progressively stronger electron acceptors; each time an electron is transferred, energy is released.
  8. A membrane-bound organelle in green plant and algal cells that carries out photosynthesis.
  9. A chemical reaction in which a compound is broken down by light; in photosynthesis, water molecules are split by this.
  10. A molecule containing two high-energy phosphate bonds that may be formed by breaking one of the phosphate bonds in ATP.
  11. A cyclic set of reaction occurring in the stroma of chloroplasts that fixes the carbon of CO2 into carbohydrate molecules and recycles coenzymes.
  12. The process of incorporating CO2 into carbohydrate molecules.
  13. A system of interconnected flattened membrane sacs forming a separate compartment within the stroma of a chloroplast.
  14. A packet of light.

24 Clues: A packet of light. • Stacks of thylakoids. • The fluid-filled space inside a thylakoid. • Groups of unstacked thylakoids between grana. • A reaction in which an atom or molecule gains electrons. • A reaction in which an atom or molecule loses electrons. • The process of incorporating CO2 into carbohydrate molecules. • ...

Photosynthesis & Respiration 2016-10-04

Photosynthesis & Respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. requires food from other sources
  2. oxidation-reduction reaction
  3. attachment PO4 group to a molecule
  4. sugar splitting
  5. where light is captured on chloroplast membranes
  6. also Krebs cycle
  7. surface pores of leaf surface
  8. movement of Hs across membrane and making ATP
  9. a quantum of energy
  10. special element in chlorophyll
  11. respiration with oxygen
  12. chemical burning of glucose
  13. makes own food
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  1. organelle where cellular respiration occurs
  2. 3 carbon molecule made by glycolysis
  3. green tissue in interior of leaf
  4. makes sugar from sunlight
  5. organelle containing chlorophyll
  6. called a waste product of photosynthesis
  7. 6 carbon sugar oxidized in respiration
  8. dark-reaction in chloroplast stroma
  9. stacks of membranes in a chloroplast
  10. respiration in the absence of oxygen
  11. main product of cellular respiration

24 Clues: makes own food • sugar splitting • also Krebs cycle • a quantum of energy • respiration with oxygen • makes sugar from sunlight • chemical burning of glucose • oxidation-reduction reaction • surface pores of leaf surface • special element in chlorophyll • green tissue in interior of leaf • requires food from other sources • organelle containing chlorophyll • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2020-10-20

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the initial reactions in photosynthesis, which are triggered by the absorption of light by photosystems I and II and include the passage of electrons along the electron transport chains, the production of NADPH and oxygen gas, and the synthesis of ATP through chemiosmosis
  2. in plants, the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplas
  3. in chloroplasts and mitochondria, a process in which the movement of protons down their concentration gradient across a membrane is coupled to the synthesis of ATP
  4. a membrane system found within chloroplasts that contains the components for photosynthesis
  5. a stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast
  6. an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs
  7. the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen
  8. a biochemical pathway of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP
  9. an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials
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  1. the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide, such as in photosynthesis
  2. in chloroplasts, an acceptor of electrons lost from chlorophyll a; found in the thylakoid membrane
  3. in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts, a cluster of chlorophyll and other pigment molecules that harvest light energy for the light reactions of photosynthesis
  4. a green pigment that is present in most plant and algae cells and some bacteria, that gives plants their characteristic green color, and that absorbs light to provide energy for photosynthesis
  5. an organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms
  6. one of many openings in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur (plural, stomata)
  7. a class of pigments that are present mostly in plants and that aid in photosynthesis
  8. an alternate pathway that allow certain plants to fix CO2 into four-carbon compounds
  9. a series of molecules, found in the inner membranes of mitochondria and chloroplasts, through which electrons pass in a process that causes protons to build up on one side of the membrane
  10. a substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color
  11. a water-conserving, carbon-fixing process; CAM plants take in carbon at night and fix it into various organic compounds and release it during the day

20 Clues: a stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast • a substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color • in plants, the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplas • an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs • the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide, such as in photosynthesis • ...

Photosynthesis Review 2018-11-15

Photosynthesis Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Number of G3P that is recycled
  2. Pigment that makes plants green
  3. Photosystem I transfers _______ to produce NADPH
  4. The reaction of photosynthesis(3 reactants)
  5. Photosystem II and Photosystem I absorb ________ to excite electrons
  6. Organisms that make their own food (ex. glucose)
  7. A stack of thylakoids
  8. Needs one phosphate to become ATP
  9. Number of G3P that is gone to make glucose
  10. Adds a phosphate to ADP
  11. Happens in the stroma
  12. Waste product of photosynthesis
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  1. Organisms that have to consume other organisms for food
  2. Organelle that photosynthesis happens in
  3. Made of 2 molecules of G3P
  4. Carrier of electrons to the Calvin Cycle
  5. First part of the Calvin Cycle
  6. Electron Transport Chain pumps _________ to the ATP Synthase
  7. Happens in the thylakoid membrane
  8. Light is converted into ________ energy in the form of ATP

20 Clues: A stack of thylakoids • Happens in the stroma • Adds a phosphate to ADP • Made of 2 molecules of G3P • Number of G3P that is recycled • First part of the Calvin Cycle • Pigment that makes plants green • Waste product of photosynthesis • Happens in the thylakoid membrane • Needs one phosphate to become ATP • Organelle that photosynthesis happens in • ...

Photosynthesis Review 2018-11-15

Photosynthesis Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Photosystem I transfers _______ to produce NADPH
  2. Organelle that photosynthesis happens in
  3. Needs one phosphate to become ATP
  4. Pigment that makes plants green
  5. Photosystem II and Photosystem I absorb ________ to excite electrons
  6. Happens in the thylakoid membrane
  7. Made of 2 molecules of G3P
  8. A stack of thylakoids
  9. Number of G3P that is gone to make glucose
  10. Waste product of photosynthesis
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  1. Organisms that make their own food (ex. glucose)
  2. Light is converted into ________ energy in the form of ATP
  3. Carrier of electrons to the Calvin Cycle
  4. First part of the Calvin Cycle
  5. The reaction of photosynthesis
  6. Adds a phosphate to ADP
  7. Happens in the stroma
  8. Organisms that have to consume other organisms for food
  9. Number of G3P that is recycled
  10. Electron Transport Chain pumps _________ to the ATP Synthase

20 Clues: Happens in the stroma • A stack of thylakoids • Adds a phosphate to ADP • Made of 2 molecules of G3P • First part of the Calvin Cycle • The reaction of photosynthesis • Number of G3P that is recycled • Pigment that makes plants green • Waste product of photosynthesis • Needs one phosphate to become ATP • Happens in the thylakoid membrane • Carrier of electrons to the Calvin Cycle • ...

Respiration & Photosynthesis 2019-02-15

Respiration & Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. The main photosynthetic pigment (11)
  2. spectrum A graph used to represent the amount of photosynthesis from a plant in different wavelengths of light (6, 8)
  3. The place where pyruvate is fully oxidised to produce carbon dioxide and water (12)
  4. Anaerobic respiration produces more of this in muscle contraction (5)
  5. The product of glycolysis (8)
  6. A product of anaerobic respiration from yeast (7)
  7. A solvent commonly used to separate photosynthetic pigments (7)
  8. The purpose of photosynthesis (7)
  9. Used by plant to create organic molecules from inorganic ones (14)
  10. A product of photolysis used to make ATP (9)
  11. Equipment used to measure that rate of respiration (12)
  12. An energy storage molecule (3)
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  1. Type of respiration taking place that takes place in the cytoplasm and mitochondria (7)
  2. spectrum A graph used to represent the wavelengths absorbed by each pigment (10, 8)
  3. The process by which glucose is broken down in the cytoplasm (10)
  4. Water is split to release this as a by product (6)
  5. The controlled release of energy from glucose (11)
  6. A product of photolysis used to make ATP (8, 4)
  7. A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (6, 7)
  8. When cyanobacteria appeared on the planet, this starts to appear in rocks, particularly when iron is present (4)
  9. A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (5, 9)
  10. The process by which chlorophyll splits apart water (10)
  11. A technique that can be used to observe photosynthetic pigments within a leaf (14)
  12. Type of respiration that takes place in the cytoplasm only (9)
  13. A product of anaerobic respiration from humans (6,4)
  14. A factor affecting the rate of photosynthesis (11)

26 Clues: The product of glycolysis (8) • An energy storage molecule (3) • The purpose of photosynthesis (7) • The main photosynthetic pigment (11) • A product of photolysis used to make ATP (9) • A product of photolysis used to make ATP (8, 4) • A product of anaerobic respiration from yeast (7) • Water is split to release this as a by product (6) • ...

Photosynthesis Challenge 2023-03-23

Photosynthesis Challenge crossword puzzle
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  1. the anabolic pathway in which light energy from the Sun is converted to chemical energy for use by the cell.
  2. The two phases of photosynthesis are Light Reactions and the _____________ Cycle
  3. metabolic pathways include two broad types: ________ and anabolic
  4. Nearly all energy for life comes from the ________
  5. all of the chemical reactions in a cell
  6. The absorption of___________ is the first step in photosynthesis
  7. In cellular respiration,__________is used to break down organic molecules resulting in the production of carbon dioxide and water
  8. the sugar component in ATP
  9. Energy that drives chemical reactions within cells
  10. ___________ capture light energy
  11. The relationship of anabolic and catabolic pathways results in the continual flow of ___________ within an organism
  12. In phase 1, ATP and ____________ are formed
  13. Different pigments absorb specific __________ of light
  14. whenever energy is transformed, there is a loss of energy through the release of __________
  15. The products of photosynthesis are oxygen & __________
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  1. the study of the flow and transformation of energy in the universe
  2. ATP is a nucleotide made of an adenine base, a ribose sugar, and three__________ group
  3. ________ respiration the reverse of photosynthesis
  4. dioxide the reactants of photosynthesis are light energy, water, and ______
  5. the ability to do work
  6. the fluid-filled space that is outside the grana
  7. organisms that make their own food
  8. One of the reactants of cellular respiration
  9. Energy in photosynthesis can be transferred to other organisms through__________
  10. Light-absorbing colored molecules that are found in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts
  11. the major light-absorbing pigments in plants
  12. A series of interlocking food chains

27 Clues: the ability to do work • the sugar component in ATP • ___________ capture light energy • organisms that make their own food • A series of interlocking food chains • all of the chemical reactions in a cell • In phase 1, ATP and ____________ are formed • One of the reactants of cellular respiration • the major light-absorbing pigments in plants • ...

Photosynthesis practice 2021-10-07

Photosynthesis practice crossword puzzle
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  1. A ___ is a fixed quantity of light energy
  2. stacks of thylakoids in a chloroplast
  3. Carbon ___ is the incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic compounds.
  4. the green tissue in the interior of a leaf
  5. is oxidized in the process of photosynthesis
  6. The Calvin cycle occurs in the ___-the fluid of the chloroplast.
  7. A photosynthetic ___ is an organism that uses light to make food.
  8. the cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place
  9. the process by which plants make food from carbon dioxide and water
  10. the green pigment in a leaf
  11. A ___ is an antennae-like energy-harvesting unit in a thylakoid
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  1. the pores in a leaf
  2. Sugar is actually made in the ___ cycle.
  3. yellow-orange pigments in a chloroplast
  4. the source of energy for photosynthesis
  5. ___ energy travels through space as rhythmic waves
  6. The color of light is related to its ___.
  7. The reaction ___ is the chlorophyll molecule that donates excited electrons.
  8. when chlorophyll absorbs a photon, an ___ is excited
  9. the light-catching membranes in a chloroplast

20 Clues: the pores in a leaf • the green pigment in a leaf • stacks of thylakoids in a chloroplast • yellow-orange pigments in a chloroplast • the source of energy for photosynthesis • Sugar is actually made in the ___ cycle. • A ___ is a fixed quantity of light energy • The color of light is related to its ___. • the green tissue in the interior of a leaf • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2022-03-02

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the type of energy that is temporarily stored in ATP and NADPH
  2. made by harnessing the flow of H+ ions
  3. a plant that uses C4 pathways
  4. also called the Calvin Cycle
  5. organisms that can create their own food
  6. organisms that get food from outside sources
  7. the most common source of ATP
  8. increasing this can lead to increasing photosynthesis
  9. fluid outside thylakoids
  10. needed to make sugars
  11. a key player in providing light in photosynthesis
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  1. also called Light Reactions
  2. process in which CO2 and water to sugar using sunlight
  3. an accessory compound that creates the colors you see in the fall
  4. responsible for collecting sunlight
  5. the color of light that is reflected by photosynthesis
  6. a plant found in the desert that uses CAM pathways
  7. a flattened sack found inside a chloroplast
  8. the most common pigment
  9. compounds that absorb light

20 Clues: needed to make sugars • the most common pigment • fluid outside thylakoids • also called Light Reactions • compounds that absorb light • also called the Calvin Cycle • a plant that uses C4 pathways • the most common source of ATP • responsible for collecting sunlight • made by harnessing the flow of H+ ions • organisms that can create their own food • ...

Photosynthesis crossword 2025-01-15

Photosynthesis crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. they open their stomata through the day
  2. organelle where photosynthesis occurs
  3. a stack of thylakoids
  4. allows oxygen to escape
  5. colors that absorb light
  6. The colors that the human eye can see
  7. one billionth of a meter
  8. they dont go through the carbon cycle
  9. the source of energy for use and storage
  10. you breathe it
  11. is used in air and soil in photosynthesis
  12. plants that open their stomata during the night
  13. keeps the carbon cycle working by providing light energy
  14. a green pigment
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  1. an important heart trapping gas
  2. jelly like fluid inside surrounding the thylakoids
  3. occur inside the thylakoid
  4. A type of sugar; the chief source of energy for living organisms
  5. occurs in the stroma
  6. organisms that go through photosynthesis
  7. pouch like sacs that are connect to membrane

21 Clues: you breathe it • a green pigment • occurs in the stroma • a stack of thylakoids • allows oxygen to escape • colors that absorb light • one billionth of a meter • occur inside the thylakoid • an important heart trapping gas • organelle where photosynthesis occurs • The colors that the human eye can see • they dont go through the carbon cycle • they open their stomata through the day • ...

Photosynthesis <3 2025-01-16

Photosynthesis <3 crossword puzzle
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  1. these kinds of plants can withstand drought!
  2. colors that can be viewed by the human eye
  3. these plants open their stomata at night
  4. most plants are...
  5. multiple stacks of thylakoids
  6. one of the organelles inside of a plant cell, but not in an animal cell
  7. plants don't need this!! (Also leaves the plant as waste)
  8. first ingredient needed for light-dependent reactions
  9. organisms that go through photosynthesis
  10. Colors that absorb light (one produces energy, the others don't)
  11. produced by the Calvin Cycle
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  1. occurs inside the thylakoids
  2. occurs in the stroma (just outside the thylakoids)
  3. Jelly fluid in a chloroplast
  4. created from the Light-dependent reaction, followed by oxygen
  5. The pigment that is reflected by almost all plants
  6. in a single stack of granum
  7. the only thing required for the Calvin Cycle
  8. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves, similar to lips
  9. second ingredient required for light-dependent reactions
  10. one billionth of a meter

21 Clues: most plants are... • one billionth of a meter • in a single stack of granum • occurs inside the thylakoids • Jelly fluid in a chloroplast • produced by the Calvin Cycle • multiple stacks of thylakoids • these plants open their stomata at night • organisms that go through photosynthesis • colors that can be viewed by the human eye • these kinds of plants can withstand drought! • ...

biology photosynthesis 2023-10-23

biology photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. the process of moving ions (e.g. protons) to the other side of a biological membrane, and as a result, an electrochemical gradient is generated
  2. a collection of proteins bound to the inner mitochondrial membrane and organic molecules, which electrons pass through in a series of redox reactions, and release energy.
  3. When a photon raises a chlorophyll electron to a higher energy level, that energy, and ultimately an electron, has to go somewhere. That somewhere, ideally for the photosynthesizing organism, is known as the Primary Electron Acceptor
  4. each of a number of flattened sacs inside a chloroplast, bounded by pigmented membranes on which the light reactions of photosynthesis take place, and arranged in stacks or grana.
  5. initial carbon fixation takes place in mesophyll cells and the Calvin cycle takes place in bundle-sheath cells.
  6. specialized pores or openings present in the epidermis of plant cells
  7. (in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
  8. an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
  9. a biochemical mechanism in plants by which chlorophyll absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. There are two such mechanisms ( photosystems I and II ) involving different chlorophyll-protein complexes.
  10. The series of biochemical reactions in photosynthesis that require light energy that is captured by light-absorbing pigments (such as chlorophyll) to be converted into chemical energy in the form of ATP and NADPH.
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  1. adapted in plants to perform photosynthesis under stress
  2. a fat-soluble pigment found naturally in plants
  3. the process by which plants fix atmospheric carbon to form organic compounds
  4. are accessory pigments that are typically yellow, red and orange
  5. a stack of coin-shaped thylakoids in the chloroplasts of plant cells
  6. an essential part of the photosynthetic process in plants, algae, and some bacteria
  7. the supportive tissue of an epithelial organ, tumor, gonad, etc., consisting of connective tissues and blood vessels.
  8. an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
  9. the set of compounds that have an intense colour and are used in the colouring of other materials
  10. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct.

20 Clues: a fat-soluble pigment found naturally in plants • adapted in plants to perform photosynthesis under stress • are accessory pigments that are typically yellow, red and orange • a stack of coin-shaped thylakoids in the chloroplasts of plant cells • specialized pores or openings present in the epidermis of plant cells • ...

Photosynthesis esme 2024-11-04

Photosynthesis esme crossword puzzle
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  1. a molecule that intervenes by providing energy supplies to cells
  2. it has five-carbon sugar of molecule
  3. That depends on solar energy
  4. It is a kinetic energy and is average to the molecules within the living organism and indicates which is hot and cold.
  5. It is a colorless gas composed of atom and carbon
  6. It acts as a donor of electrons in various cells to provide power in anabolic reactions
  7. It is multiensymatic of chlorophyll and protein in the thylakoid membrane and is very complex.
  8. Plants use sunlight [to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen
  9. is a sugar that give source of energy to other organism
  10. it don't have a color but the symbol is 0
  11. a membrane-bound
  12. of a supporting matrix in an organ or tissue is generally composed of tissue
  13. The carbon is separated from the gaseous carbon dioxide and that changes, fixing to an organic carbon that is composed of sugars and starch.
  14. A source of energy by cellular
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  1. component of 2 atoms of hydrogen and one oxygen
  2. includes any type of organism but also plants and algae and bacteria and can produce its own food through photosynthesis
  3. that don't need sunlight
  4. it found on plant cells and is responsible for photosynthesis
  5. making his own food and also known as autótrofo using solar light
  6. a nitrogen base like purine that acts as one of the basic components of DNA and transports energy
  7. It is an organism that cannot produce its own food
  8. It is an organism that cannot produce its own food and has to obtain it through energy and by eating other organisms.
  9. It is a complex protein structure within the membranes that are the thylakoids of the chloroplasts and that functions as a primary unit and absorbs light energy.
  10. green pigment that founds on the plants
  11. something that the plants need it
  12. is a substance of color that produced to the living organism
  13. A form of phosphoric acid
  14. It is a stack of flattened disc-shaped structures

28 Clues: a membrane-bound • that don't need sunlight • A form of phosphoric acid • That depends on solar energy • A source of energy by cellular • something that the plants need it • it has five-carbon sugar of molecule • green pigment that founds on the plants • it don't have a color but the symbol is 0 • component of 2 atoms of hydrogen and one oxygen • ...

Photosynthesis channon 2024-10-31

Photosynthesis channon crossword puzzle
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  1. the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun, consisting of visible light, infrared radiation, and ultraviolet light
  2. a molecule composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
  3. independent stage the Calvin cycle, also known as the "light-independent reactions", where carbon dioxide is converted into organic molecules like glucose using the energy stored in ATP and NADPH produced during the light-dependent stage
  4. Dioxide a colorless and non-flammable gas at normal temperature and pressure
  5. 2 a large protein complex embedded in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts, responsible for using light energy to split water molecules, releasing oxygen as a byproduct, and providing electrons to the photosynthetic electron transport chain
  6. A maker or manufacturer of things
  7. Key component of ribonucleic acid
  8. cylcethe term used for the reactions of photosynthesis that use the energy stored by the light-dependent reactions to form glucose and other carbohydrate molecules.
  9. the green pigment found in plants that allows them to use sunlight to make their own food
  10. the process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and sugar (energy) as food for themselves
  11. 1 a protein complex in the thylakoid membranes of plants and algae that plays a key role in photosynthesis
  12. a molecule in biology that acts as an important electron donor, essentially carrying high-energy electrons used in various cellular processes like building new molecules (anabolic reactions), particularly in photosynthesis where it helps convert carbon dioxide into sugar
  13. Adenosine Diphosphate
  14. atoms
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  1. a flattened, membrane-bound sac located inside a chloroplast, where the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis occur
  2. a colorless, odorless gas, represented by the chemical symbol "O"
  3. Organism can not make it's own food and consumes other organisms for food
  4. Organism makes its own food with sunlight, water and carbon
  5. a specialized organelle found in plant cells that is responsible for photosynthesis
  6. a stack of flattened, disc-like structures called thylakoids, found within the chloroplasts of plant cells
  7. the measurement of the average kinetic energy of the molecules within an organism or system
  8. a colored substance found in plant or animal cells that gives tissue its characteristic color by selectively absorbing certain wavelengths of light and reflecting others
  9. A sugar molecule for cell's energy in living systems
  10. dependant stage convert light energy into chemical energy
  11. A chemical group containing a phosphorus atom bonded to four
  12. A buyer or user of producers things
  13. A nitrogenous base
  14. Adenosine Triphosphate
  15. the supporting framework or matrix of an organ or tissue, typically composed of connective tissue like blood vessels, nerves, and fibers, which provides structural support and holds the functional cells (parenchyma) of the organ in place

29 Clues: atoms • A nitrogenous base • Adenosine Diphosphate • Adenosine Triphosphate • A maker or manufacturer of things • Key component of ribonucleic acid • A buyer or user of producers things • A sugar molecule for cell's energy in living systems • dependant stage convert light energy into chemical energy • Organism makes its own food with sunlight, water and carbon • ...

photosynthesis-Ian 2024-10-31

photosynthesis-Ian crossword puzzle
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  1. electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun
  2. large protein complex responsible for using light energy to split water molecules
  3. use of energy to make two molecules needed for the next stage of photosynthesis
  4. stack of flattened disc like structures
  5. second phase of photosynthesis
  6. green pigment found in plants
  7. specialized organelle found in plant cells that is responsible for photosynthesis
  8. organisms that can produce its own food.
  9. building blocks of DNA and RNA
  10. a molecule cucial for energy transfer within cells
  11. odorless gas used by organisms and plants to produce energy
  12. the empty space in a chloroplast
  13. large protein complex embedded within the thylakoid membrane
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  1. the measurement of average kinetic energy
  2. colored substance created by living organisms that gives color to plant or animal tissues
  3. molecule composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
  4. carbon fixation reduction and regeneration of the starting molecule
  5. primary source of energy for living organisms
  6. organisms that cannot produce its own food.
  7. acts an a electron donor
  8. process in which plants and organisms use sunlight and oxygen to create there own food and energy
  9. can create its own food using sunlight or chemical energy
  10. has to eat other things to produce energy
  11. gas composed of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms produces as a waste product
  12. chemical compound that is a form of phosphoric acid
  13. carbon sugar molecule creates phosphate groups
  14. molecule that stores and provides energy for cells
  15. flattened membrane bound sac located inside a chloroplast

28 Clues: acts an a electron donor • green pigment found in plants • second phase of photosynthesis • building blocks of DNA and RNA • the empty space in a chloroplast • stack of flattened disc like structures • organisms that can produce its own food. • the measurement of average kinetic energy • has to eat other things to produce energy • organisms that cannot produce its own food. • ...

Photosynthesis - Seth 2024-10-31

Photosynthesis - Seth crossword puzzle
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  1. The process plants carry out to make their own food
  2. Also called H2O
  3. Energy with two phosphates
  4. doeCalvineed sunlight to happen
  5. What plants produce that we need to live
  6. dioxide A gas plants take in to produce oxygen
  7. A stack of Thylakoids
  8. makes energy or food
  9. The substance that makes leaves green
  10. Needs sunlight to happen
  11. Makes their own food
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  1. What the light-dependent stage needs to function
  2. This has a big effect on the occurrence of photosynthesis
  3. also known as the light-dependent stage
  4. eats things for food
  5. Nitrogen Base
  6. also known as the calvin cycle
  7. also called photosystem 1
  8. Needs to consume things for food
  9. energy needed for the Clavin cycle
  10. The space around the photosystems
  11. Inside this the Photosynthesis occurs
  12. Suger produced by Calvin cycle
  13. Natural color
  14. Come in stacks and are involved in photosytem 2
  15. Energy with three phosphates

26 Clues: Nitrogen Base • Natural color • Also called H2O • eats things for food • makes energy or food • Makes their own food • A stack of Thylakoids • Needs sunlight to happen • also called photosystem 1 • Energy with two phosphates • Energy with three phosphates • also known as the calvin cycle • Suger produced by Calvin cycle • doeCalvineed sunlight to happen • Needs to consume things for food • ...

Buddy- PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2024-10-31

Buddy- PHOTOSYNTHESIS crossword puzzle
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  1. Another name is light dependent stage
  2. Plants need the right amount of ____ to survive
  3. Produces things
  4. Nitrogen used to make ATP
  5. Animals that need to eat other animals to survive
  6. liquid all plants need
  7. Stacks of thylakoids
  8. A pigment that gives plants their green color
  9. In the Light Independent stage
  10. Potential Enegery
  11. process when a plant takes sunlight
  12. Another name is Calvin Cycle
  13. plants need this gas to survive
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  1. an another name for Phototsynsis 1
  2. Stage that produces sugars
  3. Leaves have different _____
  4. ATP had 3 of these
  5. Stage that produces ATP
  6. Enegery
  7. Animals that need only sunlight to survive
  8. good supply of energy
  9. In all plant cells and is the site of photosynthesis
  10. Plants soak this from the sun
  11. In the light dependent stage
  12. An electron carrier
  13. Comumes things
  14. In the middle of Andenine and phosphate particles
  15. plants produce this gas

28 Clues: Enegery • Comumes things • Produces things • Potential Enegery • ATP had 3 of these • An electron carrier • Stacks of thylakoids • good supply of energy • liquid all plants need • Stage that produces ATP • plants produce this gas • Nitrogen used to make ATP • Stage that produces sugars • Leaves have different _____ • In the light dependent stage • Another name is Calvin Cycle • ...

GCSE Photosynthesis 2025-05-03

GCSE Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
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  1. Process of changing from liquid to gas
  2. Product of photosynthesis, used in respiration
  3. Site of photosynthesis
  4. Diffusion of water, through semi-permeable membrane
  5. Site of respiration, powerhouse of the cell
  6. Pigment in plants that makes them green
  7. Part of cell that absorbs nutrients from soil (2 words)
  8. Gaps in leaves that allow gases to flow in and out
  9. Evaporation of water from plant leaves
  10. Essential for protein synthesis in plants
  11. Part of plant that transports dissolved sugars up and down the stem
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  1. Top layer of a leaf
  2. What cell walls are made of
  3. Movement of molecules from area of high concentration to low
  4. 12th element in Periodic Table
  5. The movement of sugars in plants
  6. Transports minerals and water up the stem
  7. Type of reaction where energy is released to surroundings
  8. Type of reaction that takes in energy
  9. Process in plants that releases glucose and oxygen
  10. 'Brain' of the cell
  11. Unspecialised cells in plants, capable of cell division
  12. Parts of leaves, control opening and closing of stomata
  13. Strong polymer in xylem

24 Clues: Top layer of a leaf • 'Brain' of the cell • Site of photosynthesis • Strong polymer in xylem • What cell walls are made of • 12th element in Periodic Table • The movement of sugars in plants • Type of reaction that takes in energy • Process of changing from liquid to gas • Evaporation of water from plant leaves • Pigment in plants that makes them green • ...

Photosynthesis II 2022-02-02

Photosynthesis II crossword puzzle
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  1. A typical feature of these types of plants is that their stomata are open all night long
  2. This form of chemical energy is produced by the thylakoids in the light-dependent reactions
  3. All plants generate oxygen. The oxygen comes from this source.
  4. Stacks of thylakoids are known as...
  5. This is where the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis occur
  6. This is the enzyme that converts ADP to ATP
  7. This is a key chemical output (product) of the Calvin Cycle
  8. ADP and an atom of this element make ATP
  9. Photosynthesis involves ..., which is literally splitting water for its electrons and hydrogen.
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  1. The clear fluid inside of the chloroplast
  2. When plants produce excess glucose, it is typically stored here
  3. Plants require very little care. Most need only light, water, carbon dioxide, and some trace...
  4. This green-colored chemical helps the plant absorb light energy
  5. A class of plant hormones that causes growth
  6. Once NADPH drops off its electrons, it becomes this
  7. This is the number of hydrogen atoms in one molecule of glucose
  8. Many types of plants, including the soybean, olive, and peanut plants produce this substance in the Calvin Cycle along with sugar.
  9. This is produced by the thylakoids and one of its purposes is to carry electrons to the Calvin Cycle
  10. This is a key chemical input (reactant) of the Calvin Cycle
  11. This is the number of carbon atoms in one glucose molecule

20 Clues: Stacks of thylakoids are known as... • ADP and an atom of this element make ATP • The clear fluid inside of the chloroplast • This is the enzyme that converts ADP to ATP • A class of plant hormones that causes growth • Once NADPH drops off its electrons, it becomes this • This is the number of carbon atoms in one glucose molecule • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2022-12-15

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. an electron carrier in a chloroplast.
  2. organisms that make their own food.
  3. sacs which are interconnected in a chloroplast.
  4. high intensity increases the rate of photosynthesis but eventually levels off.
  5. a compound that can accept a pair of high-energy electrons and transfer them, along with most of their energy, to another molecule.
  6. organisms that obtain food by consuming other living things.
  7. require the direct involvement of light and light-absorbing pigments.
  8. the fluid portion outside of the thylakoids.
  9. stacks of thylakoids.
  10. makes ATP by facilitated diffusion by chemiosmosis.
  11. an orange pigments in plants.
  12. using sunlight energy to produce high-energy carbohydrates.
  13. uses 6 molecules of carbon dioxide to produce a single 6-carbon sugar molecule.
  14. absorb light and are used by plants gather the sun’s energy.
  15. takes place inside organelles called chloroplasts.
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  1. passes the high energy electrons along, pumping hydrogen ions into the thylakoid space.
  2. reenergizes the electrons, which make NADPH.
  3. ATP and NADPH used to produce high-energy sugars from carbon dioxide.
  4. a shortage can slow or even stop photosynthesis, like in a desert.
  5. the ability to do work.
  6. consists of adenine, a 5-carbon sugar called ribose, and three phosphate groups.
  7. are members of the Crassulacae family, such as cacti and succulents.
  8. a green pigment in plants.
  9. the reactions of photosynthesis are made possible by enzymes that function best between 0 degrees C and 35 degrees C.
  10. Water is split to release electrons, along with hydrogen and oxygen.
  11. have a specialized chemical pathway that allows them to capture even very low levels of carbon dioxide and pass it to the Calvin cycle.

26 Clues: stacks of thylakoids. • the ability to do work. • a green pigment in plants. • an orange pigments in plants. • organisms that make their own food. • an electron carrier in a chloroplast. • reenergizes the electrons, which make NADPH. • the fluid portion outside of the thylakoids. • sacs which are interconnected in a chloroplast. • ...

Photosynthesis Vocabulary 2022-12-06

Photosynthesis Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. one of two light-harvesting units of a chloroplast's thylakoid membrane; it uses the P680 reaction-center chlorophyll.
  2. a green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria
  3. a quantum, or discrete amount, of light energy.
  4. enzyme that catalyzes the first step of the Calvin cycle
  5. a dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution
  6. and NADPH, evolving oxygen in the process.
  7. light-collecting units of the chloroplast
  8. the steps in photosynthesis that occur on the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplast and that convert solar energy to the chemical energy of
  9. the incorporation of carbon from carbon dioxide into an organic compound by an autotrophic organism.
  10. that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum detected as various colors by the human eye, ranging in wavelength from about 380 nm to about 750
  11. instrument that measures index of light reflection
  12. the distance between crests of waves, such as those of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  13. yellow and orange plant pigments that aid in photosynthesis
  14. the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves
  15. plant that carries out crassulacean acid metabolism; carbon is initially fixed into organic acids at night in the reaction of CO2 and phosphoenolpyruvate, catalyzed by PEP carboxylase; during the day the acids break down to yield CO2, which enters the Calvin cycle.
  16. the small openings on the undersides of most leaves through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move
  17. the second of two major stages in photosynthesis (following the light reactions),involving atmospheric CO2 fixation and reduction of the fixed carbon into carbohydrate.
  18. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, an acceptor that temporarily stores energized electrons produced during the light reactions.
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  1. the process of adding a phosphate group to ADP to make atp;cells use the energy released by ATP to power essential activities
  2. a type of photosynthetic cells arranged into tightly packed sheaths around the veins of a leaf
  3. one of two light-harvesting units of a chloroplast's thylakoid membrane; it uses the P700 reaction-center chlorophyll.
  4. a plant that uses the Calvin cycle for the initial steps that incorporate co2 into organic material, forming a three-carbon compound as the first stable intermediate.
  5. specialized ground tissue that makes up the bulk of most leaves; performs most of a plant's photosynthesis
  6. organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer
  7. the range of a pigment's ability to absorb various wavelengths of light.
  8. a plant that prefaces the Calvin cycle with reactions that incorporate co2 into a four-carbon compound, the end product of which supplies CO2 for the
  9. an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials
  10. process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
  11. a metabolic pathway that consumes oxygen, releases carbon dioxide, generates no ATP, and decreases photosynthetic output; generally occurs on hot, dry, bright days, when stomata close and the oxygen concentration in the leaf exceeds that of carbon dioxide.
  12. cycle.
  13. a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution

31 Clues: cycle. • light-collecting units of the chloroplast • and NADPH, evolving oxygen in the process. • a quantum, or discrete amount, of light energy. • instrument that measures index of light reflection • the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves • enzyme that catalyzes the first step of the Calvin cycle • ...

Photosynthesis KS4 2025-06-10

Photosynthesis KS4 crossword puzzle
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  1. Supports the plant cell and made of cellulose (4,4)
  2. H2O (5)
  3. Where food (sugar) is moved from leaves to the rest of the plant (6)
  4. Plants roots are damaged and leaves turn purple if missing this mineral (10)
  5. What sugar is turned into for storage (6)
  6. This mesophyll has lots of air spaces (6)
  7. Chemical that kills insect pests (9)
  8. Water movement through a plant (13)
  9. How sugar is moved around a plant (13)
  10. These control the movement of gases in and out of a stoma (5,4)
  11. Chemical that kills weeds (9)
  12. What farmers put on crops to replace minerals (10)
  13. Where water and minerals are absorbed (5)
  14. Mineral needed for flowers and fruits (9)
  15. The waste gas of photosynthesis (6)
  16. The sugar C6H12O6 (7)
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  1. Green chemical found in plant leaves (11)
  2. Where water flows in a plant (5)
  3. This mineral is need to build chlorophyll (9)
  4. The mesophyll where most photosynthesis takes place (8)
  5. Where photosynthesis takes place in a plant cell (11)
  6. Lots of stoma (7)
  7. Plant needs this mineral for growth and repair (8)
  8. What plants can't make by photosynthesis (8)
  9. Reproductive organ of a plant (6)
  10. The gas that is a reactant in photosynthesis (6,7)
  11. What transfers energy to a plant leaf (5)
  12. Organs adapted for photosynthesis (4)

28 Clues: H2O (5) • Lots of stoma (7) • The sugar C6H12O6 (7) • Chemical that kills weeds (9) • Where water flows in a plant (5) • Reproductive organ of a plant (6) • Water movement through a plant (13) • The waste gas of photosynthesis (6) • Chemical that kills insect pests (9) • Organs adapted for photosynthesis (4) • How sugar is moved around a plant (13) • ...

Plant Structure 2022-11-30

Plant Structure crossword puzzle
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  1. process to make food in plants
  2. organelle where photosynthesis takes place
  3. vascular tissue that carries food
  4. photosynthesis happens here
  5. tissue that stores food
  6. outermost tissue covering of the plant
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  1. pigment that makes a plant green
  2. a reactant of photosynthesis
  3. vascular tissue that carries water
  4. tissue that transports
  5. absorbs water
  6. attracts pollinators
  7. a product of photosynthesis

13 Clues: absorbs water • attracts pollinators • tissue that transports • tissue that stores food • photosynthesis happens here • a product of photosynthesis • a reactant of photosynthesis • process to make food in plants • pigment that makes a plant green • vascular tissue that carries food • vascular tissue that carries water • outermost tissue covering of the plant • ...

Photosynthesis- Nick D 2024-10-31

Photosynthesis- Nick D crossword puzzle
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  1. the energy source of the light-dependent stage
  2. a byproduct of the light-dependent stage
  3. the reactant of the light-independent stage
  4. another name for the light-independent stage
  5. get energy from other organisms
  6. a sugar and one component of ATP
  7. make their own food
  8. a factor that may affect rate of photosynthesis
  9. the first stage of photosynthesis that needs sunlight
  10. stores and releases energy in the cell
  11. a light absorbing particle
  12. a pigment that gives plants their green color
  13. location of the light-independent stage
  14. another name for the light-dependent stage
  15. a nitrogen-based component of ATP
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  1. located inside the chloroplast and the location of the light-dependent stage
  2. a sugar and product of photosynthesis
  3. a carrier of energy and a product of photosystem 2
  4. the organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
  5. the second stage of photosynthesis
  6. a group of tylakoids
  7. When one of these breaks off, it releases energy
  8. the reactant of the light-dependent stage
  9. the process by which a plant produces energy
  10. another name for the light-independent stage named after Melvin Calvin
  11. another name for autotroph
  12. this is formed when a phosphate is released from ATP

27 Clues: a group of tylakoids • make their own food • a light absorbing particle • another name for autotroph • get energy from other organisms • a sugar and one component of ATP • a nitrogen-based component of ATP • the second stage of photosynthesis • a sugar and product of photosynthesis • stores and releases energy in the cell • location of the light-independent stage • ...

Jayden's ASTRONOMICAL Puzzle 2022-11-02

Jayden's ASTRONOMICAL Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. organism that makes its own food
  2. tissue of plant that transports water and nutrients
  3. removes carbon dioxide from atmoshpere
  4. one of the products of photosynthesis
  5. where photosynthesis occurs
  6. substance made at end of process
  7. H20
  8. a pore in the middle of the plants leaves that allows gas to enter and exit
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  1. Removes oxygen from the atmosphere
  2. main source of photosynthesis
  3. input of what make the output
  4. consumer or gatherer
  5. where the second stage of cellular respiration happens
  6. first stage of where cellular respiration occurs
  7. sugary substance made after photosynthesis

15 Clues: H20 • consumer or gatherer • where photosynthesis occurs • main source of photosynthesis • input of what make the output • organism that makes its own food • substance made at end of process • Removes oxygen from the atmosphere • one of the products of photosynthesis • removes carbon dioxide from atmoshpere • sugary substance made after photosynthesis • ...

Photosynthesis Crossword 2022-01-16

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 15
  6. 9
  7. 8
  8. 10
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  1. 17
  2. 13
  3. 6
  4. 11
  5. 1
  6. 20
  7. 7
  8. 19
  9. 5
  10. 2
  11. 18
  12. 12

20 Clues: 3 • 6 • 1 • 7 • 4 • 5 • 2 • 9 • 8 • 17 • 13 • 11 • 20 • 19 • 14 • 16 • 18 • 12 • 15 • 10

Photosynthesis Crossword 2022-03-02

Photosynthesis Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the type of energy that is temporarily stored in ATP and NADPH
  2. made by harnessing the flow of H+ ions
  3. a plant that uses C4 pathways
  4. also called the Calvin Cycle
  5. organisms that can create their own food
  6. organisms that get food from outside sources
  7. the most common source of ATP
  8. increasing this can lead to increasing photosynthesis
  9. fluid outside thylakoids
  10. needed to make sugars
  11. a key player in providing light in photosynthesis
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  1. also called Light Reactions
  2. process in which CO2 and water to sugar using sunlight
  3. an accessory compound that creates the colors you see in the fall
  4. responsible for collecting sunlight
  5. the color of light that is reflected by photosynthesis
  6. a plant found in the desert that uses CAM pathways
  7. a flattened sack found inside a chloroplast
  8. the most common pigment
  9. compounds that absorb light

20 Clues: needed to make sugars • the most common pigment • fluid outside thylakoids • also called Light Reactions • compounds that absorb light • also called the Calvin Cycle • a plant that uses C4 pathways • the most common source of ATP • responsible for collecting sunlight • made by harnessing the flow of H+ ions • organisms that can create their own food • ...