Photosynthesis Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Plants gather the sun's energy with light-absorbing molecules called ____.
  2. 5. The plants principal pigment is _____. The two types of pigment found in plants do not absorb green light well.
  3. 6. The fluid portion of the chloroplast, outside of the thylakoids is known as the ____.
  4. 8. The man who discovered the light-independent reactions.
  5. 9. The first set of reactions in photosynthesis is known as the light-_____ reactions
Down
  1. 1. Reactions of photosynthesis that do not use light directly. The light-____ reactions produce high-energy sugars from carbon dioxide.
  2. 3. chloroplasts contain an abundance of saclike photosynthetic membranes called _____.
  3. 4. The process by which autotrophs use the energy of sunlight to produce high-energy carbohydrates is known as ____.
  4. 7. One of the most important compounds that cells use to store and release energy is ___.