Photosynthesis

3. The substances that start a chemical reaction, like water and carbon dioxide.
8. The pigment in plants that captures light energy.
9. What plants produce and store during photosynthesis.
10. A community of living and nonliving things interacting in an environment.
13. An essential molecule plants absorb through their roots for photosynthesis.
16. The process plants use to convert sunlight into chemical energy.
18. Something that cycles through living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
19. The rigid layer that surrounds plant cells.
20. A gas released by plants during photosynthesis.
21. An element that cycles through living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem.
22. Small openings on the underside of leaves that allow gases to enter and exit.
23. An organism that produces its own food, like plants.
24. An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.

1. A gas absorbed by plants during photosynthesis.
2. The energy from the sun used in photosynthesis.
4. The sugar molecule produced by photosynthesis.
5. The part of the plant that absorbs water and nutrients from the soil.
6. The part of a plant cell where photosynthesis happens.
7. An organism that must consume other organisms for energy.
11. The process of breaking down and rearranging molecules to form new ones.
12. The powerhouse of the cell, where energy is released from glucose.
14. The part of the plant that captures sunlight for photosynthesis.
15. The organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs.
16. The substances formed at the end of a chemical reaction, like glucose and oxygen.
17. The main source of energy for photosynthesis.