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- 1. A theory proposing that mitochondria and chloroplasts originated as free-living bacteria that were engulfed by ancestral eukaryotic cells.
- 6. The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll pigments.
- 8. A gas produced during the process of photosynthesis, essential for cellular respiration.
- 9. A vital molecule for life, composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
- 10. A stack of thylakoids in the chloroplast, where the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis take place.
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- 2. A membrane-bound compartment inside chloroplasts where the photosynthetic pigments are located.
- 3. A simple sugar that serves as an important energy source in living organisms.
- 4. Dioxide A gas used by plants during photosynthesis to produce glucose and oxygen.
- 5. A unit or quantum of electromagnetic radiation, often referring to a particle of light.
- 7. The fluid-filled space surrounding the thylakoids in a chloroplast, where the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis occurs