Biology Ch 8 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. region outside the thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts
  2. 4. organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called producer
  3. 6. principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms; captures light energy
  4. 9. ATP ______ large protein that uses energy from H+ ions to bind ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP
  5. 11. light-collecting units of the chloroplast
  6. 13. _______ _______ reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugars
Down
  1. 1. light-absorbing molecule
  2. 3. saclike photosynthetic membrane found in chloroplasts
  3. 5. 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
  4. 7. organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called consumer
  5. 8. light ______ reactions of photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH
  6. 10. one of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store and release energy
  7. 12. one of the carrier molecules that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules