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- 2. produced by plants
- 7. a colorless, odorless gas found in our atmosphere
- 8. energy captured from light by chlorophyll and its accessory pigments drives the production of ATP
- 9. the main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's cells
- 11. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
- 14. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis
- 15. the natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue
- 16. the supportive tissue of an epithelial organ, tumor, gonad, etc., consisting of connective tissues and blood vessels
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- 1. the set of chemical reactions that take place in chloroplasts during photosynthesis
- 3. A chemical reaction in which energy is absorbed
- 4. an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide
- 5. a compound consisting of an adenosine molecule bonded to three phosphate groups, present in all living tissue
- 6. a cofactor used in anabolic reactions, such as lipid and nucleic acid synthesis
- 10. an unusually good solvent for a large variety of substances, and is an essential component of all organisms
- 12. an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
- 13. each of a number of flattened sacs inside a chloroplast