Across
- 2. A pigment that produces yellow & orange fall leaf colors
- 3. An electron carrier that provides the high-energy electrons needed to make carbon-hydrogen bonds in the 3rd stage of photosynthesis
- 5. A membrane system found within chloroplasts that contains the components for photosynthesis
- 7. Organisms that must get energy from food instead of directly from sunlight or inorganic substances
- 8. A biochemical pathway of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP
- 9. The transfer of carbon dioxide to organic compounds
- 12. A green pigment that gives plants their green color & reacts with sunlight, carbon dioxide, & water to form carbohydrates
- 14. A substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color
Down
- 1. A series of molecules through which excited electrons are passed along a thylakoid membrane
- 4. The process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy
- 6. An organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms
- 10. An organic molecule that acts as the main energy source for cell processes
- 11. The process by which cells produce energy from carbohydrates
- 13. One of 3 factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis
