Photosynthesis Crossword

5. the initial reactions in photosynthesis, which are triggered by the absorption of light by photosystems I and II and include the passage of electrons along the electron transport chains, the production of NADPH and oxygen gas, and the synthesis of ATP through chemiosmosis
7. in plants, the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplas
8. in chloroplasts and mitochondria, a process in which the movement of protons down their concentration gradient across a membrane is coupled to the synthesis of ATP
9. a membrane system found within chloroplasts that contains the components for photosynthesis
10. a stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast
13. an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs
16. the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen
17. a biochemical pathway of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP
18. an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials

1. the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide, such as in photosynthesis
2. in chloroplasts, an acceptor of electrons lost from chlorophyll a; found in the thylakoid membrane
3. in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts, a cluster of chlorophyll and other pigment molecules that harvest light energy for the light reactions of photosynthesis
4. a green pigment that is present in most plant and algae cells and some bacteria, that gives plants their characteristic green color, and that absorbs light to provide energy for photosynthesis
6. an organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms
11. one of many openings in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur (plural, stomata)
12. a class of pigments that are present mostly in plants and that aid in photosynthesis
13. an alternate pathway that allow certain plants to fix CO2 into four-carbon compounds
14. a series of molecules, found in the inner membranes of mitochondria and chloroplasts, through which electrons pass in a process that causes protons to build up on one side of the membrane
15. a substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color
17. a water-conserving, carbon-fixing process; CAM plants take in carbon at night and fix it into various organic compounds and release it during the day