Photosynthesis & Respiration

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Across
  1. 3. Tiny turbines in cells spinning out ATP – powered by protons
  2. 4. The green MVP that lets plants drink up sunshine like energy smoothies
  3. 7. Chloroplast’s goopy ‘kitchen’ where sugar gets cooked up
  4. 8. Leaf cell’s mini solar panels, where sunshine becomes sugar
  5. 11. Main way cells get their energy, with a little help from oxygen
  6. 12. Energy taxi that helps plants turn CO₂ into sugar goodness
  7. 15. Photosynthesis’s night shift – making sugar, no sun required!
  8. 16. Oxygen-free option for energy – useful for yeast, bread, and muscles
  9. 19. Mitochondria’s central ‘mixing bowl’ where energy reactions unfold
  10. 20. Gift from plants to the world, keeping us all breathing
  11. 21. Little packets of pure cell power – the ‘battery’ cells need
  12. 22. Plant energy starter-pack, straight from the sky
  13. 23. What keeps every cell going, from leaves to lungs
  14. 24. Color-catchers that give plants their greens and absorb light
  15. 26. Tiny green ‘discs’ in chloroplasts where light energy gets trapped
  16. 27. Cell’s energy factory – where food is ‘burned’ for fuel
  17. 28. Cell’s squishy zone where the first steps of respiration happen
  18. 29. Light-trapping complex – it’s the spark that starts it all
Down
  1. 1. Quick, sugar-splitting first step of respiration – no oxygen needed
  2. 2. Leaf’s cozy workspace for photosynthesis – the main hub
  3. 5. Self-feeders of the world, producing their own food like magic
  4. 6. Respiration’s energy-generating loop inside mitochondria – spins out ATP!
  5. 9. Tiny doorways on leaves that let the air in – plant nostrils, kinda
  6. 10. Gas we breathe out, but plants gulp down for their ‘food prep’
  7. 11. Backup breathing for cells when oxygen’s a no-show
  8. 13. Photosynthesis: It’s a chemical ________ of light, water, and CO₂
  9. 14. Root-sourced refreshment that keeps plants hydrated and ready to grow
  10. 17. Respiration’s ‘power line’ that makes loads of ATP
  11. 18. First thing plants need to kick off the food-making magic
  12. 25. Sweet treat made by plants – think sugar, but as plant fuel!