photosynthesis crossword cole

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  1. 2. An organism that can use light energy and the photosynthetic process to produce organic food (read: containing carbon and hydrogen) from inorganic molecules.
  2. 5. the pigment that gives plants their green color
  3. 7. a membrane protein supercomplex that executes the initial reaction of photosynthesis in higher plants, algae, and cyanobacteria
  4. 10. are membrane bound compartments or disks where the light reaction takes place
  5. 11. process that plants and algae use to turn carbon dioxide from the air into sugar, the food autotrophs need to grow
  6. 13. the source of energy for plants making food
  7. 14. The inner area of a chloroplast where the light-independent reactions occur. The stroma is the water-based, fluid-filled area of the chloroplast.
  8. 16. Adenosine diphosphate
  9. 18. take place within the stroma. It contains enzymes that work with ATP and NADPH to “fix” carbon from carbon dioxide into molecules that can be used to build glucose.
  10. 21. the gas needed by plants to complete photosynthesis (a reactant in photosynthesis)
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  1. 1. an NAD carrier molecule carrying both P (Phosphorus) and H (Hydrogen) ions to a different stage of the photosynthesis reaction
  2. 2. mitochondrial enzyme localized in the inner membrane, where it catalyzes the synthesis of ATP from ADP
  3. 3. gas given off as a byproduct of photosynthesis (a product of photosynthesis)
  4. 4. the organelle where photosynthesis happens
  5. 6. an integral membrane protein complex that uses light energy to catalyze the transfer of electrons
  6. 8. are the stacks of these thylakoid disks formed inside the chloroplast
  7. 9. is a cluster of proteins that transfer electrons through a membrane within mitochondria to form a gradient of protons that drives the creation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is used by the cell as the energy for metabolic processes for cellular functions.
  8. 12. convert light energy into chemical energy
  9. 15. adenosine triphosphate
  10. 17. is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
  11. 19. another name for sugar (a product in photosynthesis)
  12. 20. is a coenzyme that functions as a universal electron carrier