Across
- 2. in plants, the solution in a chloroplast that surrounds the thylakoids
- 3. is the conversion of light energy into chemical energy stored in organic compounds
- 4. an enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of ATP from ADP and phosphate
- 6. stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast
- 8. electrons that use energy in electrons to to pump protons across the membrane in the thylakoid membrane or inner mitochondrial membrane
- 10. the distance between crests in a wave
- 12. the mixing of carbon dioxide into organic compounds
- 15. a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one reaction is consumed in the next reaction
- 17. a substance involved in energy metabolism formed by the breakdown of adenosine triphosphate
- 18. the portion of light from the sun that is perceived as many colors by the human eye
- 21. a light-absorbing compound that functions as an accessory pigment in photosynthesis
- 22. a two part process converting to a three carbon molecule
- 23. a process that occurs in chloroplasts and mitochondria when the protons move down the concentration gradient
Down
- 1. light-absorbing pigments used in photosynthesis
- 3. a molecule in the thylakoid membrane that accepts the electrons that chlorophyll a loses in the light reactions
- 5. in plants, a compound that absorbs light and imparts color
- 7. a pigment that absorbs light energy and transfers energy to chlorophyll a in photosynthesis
- 9. a biochemical pathway in some plants and incorporated in organic acids at night and released in the calvin cycle during the day
- 11. the second set of reaction in photosynthesis
- 13. organic molecule that accepts electrons during redox reactions
- 14. a small pore located on the underside of a leaf
- 16. the product of a six carbon molecule that splits into a pair of three carbon molecules
- 19. the first reactions in photosynthesis
- 20. a unit of several hundred chlorophyll molecules and carotenoid pigment molecules in the thylakoid membrane
