Across
- 3. Tiny turbines in cells spinning out ATP – powered by protons
- 4. The green MVP that lets plants drink up sunshine like energy smoothies
- 7. Chloroplast’s goopy ‘kitchen’ where sugar gets cooked up
- 8. Leaf cell’s mini solar panels, where sunshine becomes sugar
- 11. Main way cells get their energy, with a little help from oxygen
- 12. Energy taxi that helps plants turn CO₂ into sugar goodness
- 15. Photosynthesis’s night shift – making sugar, no sun required!
- 16. Oxygen-free option for energy – useful for yeast, bread, and muscles
- 19. Mitochondria’s central ‘mixing bowl’ where energy reactions unfold
- 20. Gift from plants to the world, keeping us all breathing
- 21. Little packets of pure cell power – the ‘battery’ cells need
- 22. Plant energy starter-pack, straight from the sky
- 23. What keeps every cell going, from leaves to lungs
- 24. Color-catchers that give plants their greens and absorb light
- 26. Tiny green ‘discs’ in chloroplasts where light energy gets trapped
- 27. Cell’s energy factory – where food is ‘burned’ for fuel
- 28. Cell’s squishy zone where the first steps of respiration happen
- 29. Light-trapping complex – it’s the spark that starts it all
Down
- 1. Quick, sugar-splitting first step of respiration – no oxygen needed
- 2. Leaf’s cozy workspace for photosynthesis – the main hub
- 5. Self-feeders of the world, producing their own food like magic
- 6. Respiration’s energy-generating loop inside mitochondria – spins out ATP!
- 9. Tiny doorways on leaves that let the air in – plant nostrils, kinda
- 10. Gas we breathe out, but plants gulp down for their ‘food prep’
- 11. Backup breathing for cells when oxygen’s a no-show
- 13. Photosynthesis: It’s a chemical ________ of light, water, and CO₂
- 14. Root-sourced refreshment that keeps plants hydrated and ready to grow
- 17. Respiration’s ‘power line’ that makes loads of ATP
- 18. First thing plants need to kick off the food-making magic
- 25. Sweet treat made by plants – think sugar, but as plant fuel!