Photosynthesis
Across
- 2. to produce
- 5. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
- 6. to make into a product suitable for use.
- 7. to produce again: such as. a : to produce (new individuals of the same kind) by a sexual or asexual process.
- 9. The chloroplast, found only in algal and plant cells, is a cell organelle that produces energy through photosynthesis. The word chloroplast comes from the Greek words khloros, meaning “green”, and plastes, meaning “formed”
- 13. in the end.
- 14. able to do something : having the qualities or abilities that are needed to do something. :
- 17. a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.
- 18. Dioxide a colourless, odourless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 per cent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.
- 22. the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy
- 23. allow (something) to move, act, or flow freely.
- 24. is a colourless gas that exists in large quantities in the air. All plants and animals need oxygen in order to live.
- 25. the vascular tissue in plants which conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.
Down
- 1. an act, process, or instance of transporting or being transported.
- 3. an odourless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes
- 4. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, which is responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
- 8. the starchy tuberous root of a tropical tree, used as food in tropical countries.
- 10. light
- 11. take the place of, put (something) back in a previous place or position.
- 12. a component part or element of something
- 15. needed to be done, achieved, or present; essential.
- 16. a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
- 18. prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening
- 19. the vascular tissue in plants which conducts sugars and other metabolic products downwards from the leaves.
- 20. a colourless, odourless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 per cent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.
- 21. light from the sun