bio 20 crossword

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Across
  1. 5. fixation - The initial incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic compounds during photosynthesis
  2. 9. - Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, a molecule that carries electrons in photosynthesis.
  3. 11. - Process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods.
  4. 12. II - Complex of proteins and pigments that absorbs light energy and splits water molecules in the light-dependent reactions
  5. 14. - Process by which water molecules are split into oxygen, electrons, and protons during photosynthesis.
  6. 18. reactions - Reactions of photosynthesis that require light to occur.
  7. 19. cycle - The second stage of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP
  8. 20. -A reduction is a reaction in which an atom or molecule _____ electrons.
Down
  1. 1. -The _____ actually contains the chlorophyll.
  2. 2. transport chain - Series of proteins and other molecules that transfer electrons during the light-dependent reactions
  3. 3. - Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  4. 4. I - Complex of proteins and pigments that absorbs light energy in the light-dependent reactions.
  5. 6. -Individual packets of light energy
  6. 7. - Addition of a phosphate group to a molecule, often used in energy transfer reactions.
  7. 8. -An oxidation is a reaction in which an atom or molecule _____ electrons.
  8. 10. - Adenosine triphosphate, the energy currency of the cell
  9. 13. - A three-carbon molecule produced during the Calvin cycle, which can be used to
  10. 15. - Stacks of thylakoids inside chloroplasts
  11. 16. - Membrane-bound compartments inside chloroplasts where the light-dependent reactions occurs
  12. 17. - Small openings on the underside of leaves that allow for gas exchange
  13. 21. -In total, there is a net consumption of _____- water molecules for every one glucose molecule formed.