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- 4. a pigment present in all green plants and a few other organisms
- 6. A type of sugar; the chief source of energy for living organisms
- 8. is a plant that cycles carbon dioxide into four-carbon sugar compounds to enter into the Calvin cycle
- 13. is a clear gas composed of one atom of carbon (C) and two atoms of oxygen (O)
- 14. a type of plant that produces a three-carbon compound (3-phosphoglyceric acid) through the Calvin-Benson cycle\
- 15. the electromagnetic radiation of the sun that reaches the earth, particularly infrared, visible light, and ultraviolet ligh
- 16. a chemical element with an atomic number of 8
- 17. is a photosynthetic adaptation to periodic water supply
- 18. pouch-like sacs that are bound to a membrane in the chloroplasts of a plant cell
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- 1. measured in a billionth
- 2. the source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level
- 3. the organelles responsible for photosynthesis
- 5. certain photochemical reactions involved in photosynthesis, the main process by which plants acquire energy.
- 6. little discs of membrane on which the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis take place
- 7. a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states
- 8. divided into three main stages: carbon fixation, reduction, and regeneration of the starting molecule
- 9. organism that goes through photosynthesis
- 10. The cells and tissues that support and give structure to organs, glands, or other tissues in the body
- 11. Colors of light that human eyes can see
- 12. any coloured material found in a plant or animal cell
- 15. tiny openings present on the epidermis of leaves
