Photosynthesis
Across
- 1. carbon dioxide + water -> ______ + oxygen
- 4. allows plants to fix CO2 into 4-carbon compounds
- 7. where does the calvincycle occur
- 8. plants that use the calvin cycle are called ______
- 9. converting CO2 and water to sugar using sunlight
- 12. responsible for collecting sunlight
- 15. can be reflected, transmitted, or absorbed
- 16. organisms able to make their own food
- 17. replace those lost by photosystem 2
- 18. helps capture sunlight(accessory pigment)
- 19. enzyme assisted reactions that produce a three-carbon sugar
- 20. other accesory pigments(yellow, orange, browns)
- 21. leaves the plant as waste
- 23. open stomata at night and close during the day(opposite of normal plants)
Down
- 2. capture energy from sunlight
- 3. stay in the the thylakoid
- 5. compounds that absorb light
- 6. directly involved in light reactions
- 10. organisms that must get their food from other sources
- 11. carbon from CO2 is converted to sugars
- 13. allows the plant to capture more light energy
- 14. made of many colors called visible spectrum
- 22. can be classified according to how they get energy