Across
- 3. gel-like fluid in cells that surrounds organelles
- 5. the transfer of a phosphate group, usually from ATP, to another molecule
- 7. the name of the cycle in which ATP and NADPH is used to convert CO2 to sugars; cyclic, dark reaction
- 9. organisms that can not make their own food
- 11. a system of membrane bound sacs; site of light reactions
- 12. gain of electrons
- 13. organisms that make their own food
- 15. a process that uses an organic compound as the final oxidizing agent to produce energy
- 18. a chemical reaction that removes a carboxyl group to form co2
- 22. the process in which a plant loses water
- 23. uses sunlight, water, and CO2 to create food and to release oxygen
Down
- 1. a process that requires oxygen
- 2. an electron transfer reaction
- 4. central atom in chlorophyll molecules; provides electrons
- 6. an electron transfer reaction
- 8. stacked thylakoids
- 10. an organelle with two membranes; the site of the most ATP synthesis during aerobic cellular respiration
- 14. the removal of a hydrogen atom from a molecule
- 16. the breaking down of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy
- 17. a process that does not require oxygen
- 19. an organelle within the cells of plants and certain algae that is the site of photosynthesis
- 20. green-coloured pigment; absorbs light
- 21. liquid filling up the inner space of the chloroplasts; site of dark reactions
