Energy Transfer Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplast
  2. 3. Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree celsius
  3. 8. Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms
  4. 12. Compound used by cells to store and release energy
  5. 14. Light- absorbing molecule used by plants to gather the sun’s energy
  6. 16. set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce APT and NADPH
  7. 17. process that does not require oxygen
  8. 18. first set of reactions in cellular respiration in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acid
  9. 19. Set of reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light; energy form ATP and NADPH Is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar; also called the Calvin cycle
Down
  1. 2. Second stage of cellular respiration in which pyruvic acid is broken into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
  2. 4. innermost compartment of the mitochondrion
  3. 5. process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen
  4. 6. Process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
  5. 7. Cluster of chlorophyll and protein found in the thylakoids
  6. 9. Carrier molecules that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules
  7. 10. Fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids
  8. 11. process that requires oxygen
  9. 13. process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen
  10. 15. Series of electron carriers that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions
  11. 20. Electron carrier involved in glycolysis