Photosynthesis Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. - what the process of photosynthesis is trying to make; sweet
  2. 3. - generates ATP and NADPH
  3. 4. - used to store energy for future reactions
  4. 6. - maximize amount of photosynthesis that can happen; stacks of thylakoids
  5. 7. - photosynthesis occurs in this; it’s green; an organism
  6. 9. - carries energy; produced in first stage of photosynthesis
  7. 12. - contains chlorophyll for photosynthesis
  8. 13. - absorbs the sunlight in a plant
  9. 14. - cells use this and energy from the sun to make sugars
  10. 17. - gets energy from other sources
  11. 18. - used for light absorption and biochemical reactions; sheet-like membrane
  12. 19. - absorbs energy from light
Down
  1. 1. - stabilizes pigment; harvest sunlight
  2. 2. - the energy that plants take in to start the photosynthesis process
  3. 5. - The second stage in photosynthesis
  4. 8. - allows CO2 to diffuse into leaf; stroma open at night
  5. 10. - a fluid inside the chloroplast surrounding thylakoids
  6. 11. - what we’ve been studying; a long word; process to make sugars
  7. 15. dioxide - plants use this along with sunlight to combine to make sugars
  8. 16. - make their own energy themselves