Photosynthesis

4. process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
7. organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer
10. light-absorbing molecules used by plants to gather the sun’s energy
11. the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugarprincipal
13. adenine dinucleotide phosphate) carrier molecule that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules
14. set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH

1. series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions
2. organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called a consumer
3. pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms
5. fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids
6. compound used by cells to store and release energy
8. cluster of proteins that span the thylakoid membrane and allow hydrogen ions (H+) to pass through it
9. saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts
12. cluster of chlorophyll and proteins found in thylakoids