Across
- 3. a protein complex within a plant cell that uses sunlight energy to split water molecules,
- 5. needs light
- 6. consumer
- 11. a pigment found in the chloroplasts of cells.
- 12. same as ATP but with one less phosphate
- 14. a protein complex within a plant cell's chloroplasts that uses light energy to transfer electrons during photosynthesis
- 17. air
- 20. Co2
- 21. light-independent reactions
- 23. a simple sugar molecule produced by plants using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
- 24. the fluid filling up the inner space of the chloroplasts which encircle the grana and the thylakoids
- 25. compound plants need to grow
- 27. doesn't need light
Down
- 1. chemical compound that living things use to store and relis ease energy
- 2. producer
- 4. the process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and sugar
- 7. a colored molecule, like chlorophyll, found within plants that absorbs specific wavelengths of light energy
- 8. how hot or cold it is
- 9. compound plants need to grow
- 10. the third part of a ADP or ADP
- 13. autotroph
- 15. membrane in the chloroplasts of a plant cell
- 16. heterotroph
- 18. a coin-shaped stack of thylakoids, which are the membrane-like structures found inside the chloroplasts of plant cells.
- 19. is a crucial building block of a molecule called "NADPH"
- 22. where photosynthesis takes place
- 26. molecule that acts as an electron carrier in photosynthesis