Vocabulary
Across
- 1. It comes from the food you eat, and is your body's main source of energy.
- 6. quantum field theory, describes the quark content of the photon.
- 7. are the specialized plant organelles responsible for photosynthesis.
- 10. affects water temperature, biological processes (such as the relationship between predators and prey) and plant photosynthesis and growth
- 12. wherein photosynthetic organisms (such as plants) turn inorganic carbon into organic compounds (carbohydrates).
- 15. is to convert solar energy into chemical energy and then store that chemical energy for future use.
- 16. provide energy for our bodies to run on.
Down
- 2. to make organic products that plants need using the products from the light reactions of photosynthesis
- 3. molecules are broken down into smaller units through the absorption of light
- 4. the site of the light-dependent photosynthesis reactions in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria
- 5. in a plant is to absorb light—usually sunlight.
- 8. eaning they create their own nutrients and energy.
- 9. n food is converted by the body into mechanical energy and heat.
- 11. are proteins that help speed up chemical reactions in our bodies
- 13. is the principal molecule for storing and transferring energy in cells
- 14. is the major consumer of O2 in mammalian cells. The ETC passes electrons from NADH and FADH2 to protein complexes and mobile electron carriers.