Across
- 4. Tiny molecules in the chloroplast that absorb sunlight and give leaves their green color.
- 5. The number of carbon dioxide molecules that are needed to make 1 glucose molecule.
- 7. An organism that has the ability to make its own food.
- 9. The part of the plant by which water enters.
- 11. Plants cannot directly use sunlight for energy so they convert the light energy into ________ energy.
- 12. The part of the plant where carbon dioxide enters and oxygen is released.
Down
- 1. The process that plants use to make their own food.
- 2. Energy from sunlight is absorbed by chlorophyll and converted into ______.
- 3. The gas that is released in the process of photosynthesis.
- 5. Photosynthesis begins with the absorption of _______ and water.
- 6. Where photosynthesis takes place
- 8. Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide are the _______ in photosynthesis.
- 10. The source of energy for almost all organisms.
