Photosynthesis Crossword

6. organisms that get their food from other sources.
8. an ester of adenosine and triphosphoric acid.
9. a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
11. use light energy to make two molecules needed for the next stage of photosynthesis: the energy storage molecule ATP and the reduced electron carrier NADPH.
12. organisms able to make their own food.
17. pigments like yellow,orange and brown.
18. split water into oxygen,protons, and electrons.
19. is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

1. sugar made from the Calvin Cycle.
2. open stomata at night and close during the day.
3. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.
4. cell structures in the epidermis of tree leaves and needles that are involved in the exchange of carbon dioxide and water between plants and the atmosphere.
5. a process that plants and algae use to turn carbon dioxide from the air into sugar, the food autotrophs need to grow.
7. a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants.
10. is a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
13. compounds that absorb light.
14. refers to the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast.
15. made of many colors called the visible.
16. stacks formed by thylakoids.
17. can be reflected, or transmitted.