Photosynthesis
Across
- 4. A group of accessory pigments that includes beta-carotene
- 7. Name of the entire process in which a plant produces it own food
- 10. A compound needed for photosynthesis
- 11. One of two compounds converted during photosynthesis (two words)
- 14. Part of a plant cell that contains chlorophyll
- 15. Term for an organism that can create their own food "self feeders"
- 17. Photosynthesis uses this form of energy to drive the process
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- 1. Cycle / Process by which carbon circulates around the earth as plants remove carbon from the atmosphere and animals add carbon to the atmosphere
- 2. The process of converting energy from a light-excited electron in the pyrophosphate bond of an ADP molecule
- 3. A by-product of photosynthesis
- 5. Term for organisms that cannot directly capture the sun's energy and make their own food
- 6. Flattened sacs or vesicles containing photosynthetic chemicals
- 8. Specialized structures that allow gas to enter and leave the leaf
- 9. Chlorophyll absorbs every color of sunlight except this
- 12. Part of a plant cell that gathers light energy
- 13. Some of these organisms are also photosynthetic
- 15. Molecule used to store energy
- 16. Cycle Once considered the dark reaction of photosynthesis, can also be referred to as the light-dependent reaction
- 17. Place where the Calvin Cycle occurs