Photosynthesis

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Across
  1. 3. Pancake-like structure where light reactions happen
  2. 4. Green pigment that absorbs sunlight
  3. 7. Organisms incapable of photosynthesis
  4. 8. Stage 2 of the Calvin Cycle
  5. 11. Tiny plant pores for gas exchange
  6. 14. Three-carbon sugar made in the Calvin cycle — halfway to glucose
  7. 15. Plants make oxygen and food using this process
  8. 17. Gas released when water is split — thanks, plants
  9. 18. Gas from the air that becomes sugar in the Calvin cycle
Down
  1. 1. Where photosynthesis occurs
  2. 2. Electron carrier made in light reactions and used in the Calvin cycle
  3. 5. Essential reactant in photosynthesis
  4. 6. Protein-pigment complex that acts like a light sponge
  5. 9. Enzyme that fixes carbon out of the air!
  6. 10. This part makes sugars
  7. 12. Energy molecule produced in the light reactions
  8. 13. Free energy source plants love (no subscription needed)
  9. 15. A substance that gives color, like green in leaves
  10. 16. Where the Calvin cycle takes place