Chloroplast Structure and Function
Across
- 2. Chloroplasts consist of a ______ membrane layer.
- 4. Power the formation of NADPH and ATP during photophosphorylation.
- 6. Stacks of grana are connected by channels to form a single functional _________.
- 8. The folded thylakoid membranes perform the light reactions of photosynthesis utilizing ___________________.
- 9. This bilayer of the thylakoid is folded repeatedly into stacks of grana.
- 11. The smooth inner membrane contains many integral ________ proteins that regulate the passage of small molecules like sugars, and proteins.
- 12. Chloroplasts are classified as _________.
Down
- 1. The smooth outer membrane is freely __________.
- 3. A fluid that lies outside the stacked disks and takes up the rest of the organelle.
- 5. Resides inside of the thylakoids.
- 6. Special organelles that contain chlorophyll and allow plants to carry out photosynthesis.
- 7. Site of oxygenic photosynthesis in eukaryotic plants and algae.
- 10. Stack of thylakoid.