bio 20 crossword

6. - Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, a molecule that carries electrons in photosynthesis.
8. -Individual packets of light energy
10. - Process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods.
13. - A three-carbon molecule produced during the Calvin cycle, which can be used to
14. - Process by which water molecules are split into oxygen, electrons, and protons during photosynthesis.
15. -An oxidation is a reaction in which an atom or molecule _____ electrons.
16. - The second stage of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP
17. -The _____ actually contains the chlorophyll.
18. -Series of proteins and other molecules that transfer electrons during the light-dependent reactions
20. -A reduction is a reaction in which an atom or molecule _____ electrons.
21. - Small openings on the underside of leaves that allow for gas exchange

1. - The initial incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic compounds during photosynthesis
2. - Complex of proteins and pigments that absorbs light energy and splits water molecules in the light-dependent reactions
3. - Stacks of thylakoids inside chloroplasts
4. - Addition of a phosphate group to a molecule, often used in energy transfer reactions.
5. - Complex of proteins and pigments that absorbs light energy in the light-dependent reactions.
7. - Reactions of photosynthesis that require light to occur.
9. - Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
11. - Membrane-bound compartments inside chloroplasts where the light-dependent reactions occurs
12. -In total, there is a net consumption of _____- water molecules for every one glucose molecule formed.
19. - Adenosine triphosphate, the energy currency of the cell