Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
- 2. the supportive tissue of an epithelial organ, tumor, gonad, etc., consisting of connective
- 4. a set of chemical reactions performed by the plants to reduce carbon dioxide and other compounds into glucose
- 8. series of proteins and organic molecules found in the inner membrane of the mitochondria
- 10. the source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level.
- 11. each of a number of flattened sacs inside a chloroplast
- 12. the natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue.
Down
- 1. biochemical mechanism in plants by which chlorophyll absorbs light energy for photosynthesis
- 3. the enzyme that makes ATP molecules
- 5. use light energy to make two molecules needed for the next stage of photosynthesis
- 6. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
- 7. an essential electron donor in all organisms blood vessels
- 9. a series of biochemical reactions in photosynthesis not requiring light to proceed