Photosynthesis Crossword

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  1. 5. light-dependent reactions - occur inside the thylakoid.
  2. 6. Calvin Cycle- occurs in the stroma (just outside of the thylakoid)
  3. 7. microscopic holes in the underside of leaves. allows oxygen to escape, and carbon dioxide to enter.
  4. 8. membrane
  5. 9. one billionth of a meter (1/1,000,000,000), used to measure the wavelength of light
  6. 11. spectrum- the colors of light that the human eye can see.
  7. 12. Spectrum of pigments
  8. 13. membranes inside where "the light-reactions" occur with the Electron Transport Chain.
  9. 15. usually refers to xanthophyll and carotene
Down
  1. 1. colors that absorb light. Produces energy from the sunlight it absorbs.
  2. 2. organelle where photosynthesis occurs.
  3. 3. the process of using water, carbon dioxide (COr), and sunlight to produce glucose and oxygen.
  4. 4. pigments- absorb sunlight, but do not produce energy directly. Ex. chlorophyll b, xanthophyll and carotene.
  5. 10. organisms that go through photosynthesis. examples: plants, some protists (like algae or euglena), and some bacteria
  6. 14. a jelly-like fluid inside surrounding the thylakoids where "The Calvin Cycle" occurs (mostly in Dark).