Biology Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. plants that fix CO2 at night to conserve water
  2. 7. organism that consumes other organisms for energy
  3. 8. respiration occurring without oxygen
  4. 11. process where Rubisco binds oxygen instead of CO2
  5. 13. electron-carrying proteins in the electron transport chain
  6. 14. electron carrier that becomes NADPH when reduced
  7. 15. stacks of thylakoids inside chloroplasts
  8. 17. three-carbon sugar produced during the Calvin cycle
  9. 19. transport system chain of proteins that move electrons to produce ATP
  10. 20. anaerobic process producing ethanol and CO2
  11. 23. Cycle light-independent reactions that produce sugar from CO2
  12. 24. mitochondrial cycle that produces NADH FADH2 and CO2
  13. 26. fermentation anaerobic pathway producing lactic acid
  14. 29. organism that produces its own food
  15. 30. organisms that require oxygen to survive
  16. 31. sacs where light reactions occur
  17. 34. loose leaf tissue with air spaces for gas exchange
  18. 35. plants that use standard three-carbon CO2 fixation
  19. 38. of photosynthesis environmental conditions that restrict photosynthesis
  20. 39. graph showing wavelengths of light absorbed by a pigment
Down
  1. 1. organisms that can live with or without oxygen
  2. 3. electron carrier used in cellular respiration
  3. 4. light-harvesting complex that produces NADPH
  4. 5. molecule that stores and releases energy for cellular processes
  5. 6. respiration requiring oxygen
  6. 9. cell that opens and closes a stoma
  7. 10. tightly packed leaf cells where most photosynthesis occurs
  8. 12. loss of water vapor from leaves
  9. 16. A molecule that helps form acetyl-CoA
  10. 18. end product of glycolysis
  11. 21. enzyme that binds CO2 to RuBP
  12. 22. fluid-filled interior of the chloroplast
  13. 25. plants that fix CO2 into four-carbon compounds to reduce photorespiration
  14. 27. leaf pores for gas exchange
  15. 28. complex that splits water and begins the electron transport chain
  16. 32. process that breaks glucose into pyruvate
  17. 33. electron carrier that becomes FADH2
  18. 36. waxy coating on leaves that reduces water loss
  19. 37. electron carrier used in photosynthesis
  20. 40. five-carbon molecule that binds CO2