Photosynthesis
Across
- 2. cycle set of chemical reactions that take place in chloroplasts during photosynthesis.
- 5. mostly made up of flat, scale-like cells called squamous cells
- 6. the reaction of something, especially the iris of the eye, to different intensities of light
- 7. plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place
- 9. the stacks of thylakoids embedded in the stroma of a chloroplast
Down
- 1. green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis
- 3. each of a pair of curved cells that surround a stoma, becoming larger or smaller according to the pressure within the cells.
- 4. particle representing a quantum of light or other electromagnetic radiation
- 7. a protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis of a plant, invertebrate, or shell
- 8. any of the minute pores in the epidermis of the leaf or stem of a plant, forming a slit of variable width that allows movement of gases in and out of the intercellular spaces