Photosynthesis
Across
- 2. this type of plant has adapted to dry climates
- 4. the green pigment found in chloroplasts
- 8. animals that obtain food by consuming other living things
- 11. the process of converting sunlight into energy
- 13. C4 and CAM plants live in these types of conditions
- 15. the negatively charged particle in an atom
- 17. the stacks of thylakoids
- 19. another name for a particle of light
- 21. an electron is said to be in this state when it has taken in energy
- 22. three factors that affect photosynthesis are temperature, light, and ______
- 25. the series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle electrons
- 28. the first set of reactions in photosynthesis requiring light
Down
- 1. the organelle that is surrounded by two envelope membranes
- 3. animals that produce their own food
- 5. the second set of reactions in photosynthesis not requiring light
- 6. the step in the light-dependent reaction where electrons are reenergized
- 7. light-absorbing compounds
- 9. another name for "making something"
- 10. the product of photosynthesis that is not sugar
- 12. the photosystem that starts photosynthesis in the light-dependent reaction
- 14. the fluid portion of the chloroplast
- 16. the saclike membranes containing chlorophyll
- 18. an enzyme for the synthesis of ATP
- 20. another name for the light-independent reactions
- 23. compound used by cells to store and release energy
- 24. carrier molecule that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules
- 26. the product of combining a H+, NADP+, and 2e-
- 27. compound similar to ATP; considered a "partially charged battery"