Biology Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. bunches of proteins and chlorophyll found in thylakoids
- 4. the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis where ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds like sugar
- 9. word bank:ATP, Photosynthesis, pigment, chlorophyll, thylakoid, stroma, NADP+, light-dependent reactions, Light independent reactions, Photosystem, ATP-Synthase, Electron transport chain, Calvin Cycle, Chloroplast, Heterotrophs, Autotrophsm, C4-Plants, CAM-Plants
- 10. an organisms that can form energy from inorganic substances like carbon
- 13. A method where plants convert light energy and use it to power reactions to make sugars and starches
- 16. an important pigment in plants and other similar organisms
- 18. reactions in photosynthesis that don’t require light
- 19. bunches of proteins that span the thylakoids membrane and allow H+ to pass
Down
- 1. series of electron carrier proteins that transport high energy electrons during ATP which rates reactions
- 3. molecule that carries high-energy electrons to the rest of the plant
- 5. Green plant organelle where light energy is turned into chemical energy through photosynthesis
- 6. light absorbing molecules used to gather the sun's energy
- 7. plants that have a specialized chemical pathway that helps them capture very low levels of carbon dioxide and pass it to the Calvin cycle
- 8. a strategy that plants use, where carbon dioxide will become incorporated into organic acids during photosynthesis
- 11. reactions that photosynthesis use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH
- 12. cells used to store and release energy
- 14. an organisms deriving its energy from complex organic substances
- 15. saclike green membranes found in the chloroplast
- 17. the cytoplasm of the chloroplast; fluid of chloroplast