bio 20 crossword

5. fixation - The initial incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic compounds during photosynthesis
9. - Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, a molecule that carries electrons in photosynthesis.
11. - Process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods.
12. II - Complex of proteins and pigments that absorbs light energy and splits water molecules in the light-dependent reactions
14. - Process by which water molecules are split into oxygen, electrons, and protons during photosynthesis.
18. reactions - Reactions of photosynthesis that require light to occur.
19. cycle - The second stage of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP
20. -A reduction is a reaction in which an atom or molecule _____ electrons.

1. -The _____ actually contains the chlorophyll.
2. transport chain - Series of proteins and other molecules that transfer electrons during the light-dependent reactions
3. - Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
4. I - Complex of proteins and pigments that absorbs light energy in the light-dependent reactions.
6. -Individual packets of light energy
7. - Addition of a phosphate group to a molecule, often used in energy transfer reactions.
8. -An oxidation is a reaction in which an atom or molecule _____ electrons.
10. - Adenosine triphosphate, the energy currency of the cell
13. - A three-carbon molecule produced during the Calvin cycle, which can be used to
15. - Stacks of thylakoids inside chloroplasts
16. - Membrane-bound compartments inside chloroplasts where the light-dependent reactions occurs
17. - Small openings on the underside of leaves that allow for gas exchange
21. -In total, there is a net consumption of _____- water molecules for every one glucose molecule formed.