Plant Physiology

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Across
  1. 1. open DNA with chromatin
  2. 5. enzyme that breaks down fat
  3. 6. experiment that helped fixed nitrogen for fertilizer use
  4. 8. control type that depends on turning on and off an activity (such as by phosphorylation)
  5. 13. step of the Calvin cycle that is considered the slow step
  6. 14. term used when reactions are separated so that there is no interference
  7. 15. transports sugars from source to sink
  8. 17. where Calvin Cycle occurs in C4 plants
  9. 18. model organism (Dr. Shpak's favorite)
  10. 19. most abundant enzyme on Earth
  11. 22. cells that perform the Calvin Cycle in C3 plants
  12. 23. color that leaves turn if nitrogen deficient
  13. 24. color that leaves turn if sulfur deficient
  14. 26. where the light-dependent reactions take place
  15. 27. cell has high solute concentration compared to the outside solution
  16. 29. what starch is made of (simply)
  17. 30. origin theory of mitochondria and chloroplasts in eukaryotic cells
  18. 31. made of a glycerol backbone and three fatty acid tails
  19. 32. polysaccharide found in secondary cell wall
  20. 33. polysaccharide that is abundant in the primary cell wall and helps resist wall compression
  21. 34. made of linear glucose and beta-1,4 bonds
  22. 35. photosystem that creates NADPH
Down
  1. 2. more branched form of starch
  2. 3. photosystem that splits water
  3. 4. big organelle in plant that provides turgor pressure
  4. 7. linear form of starch
  5. 9. replication outside of division
  6. 10. transports water and minerals in a plant
  7. 11. light harvesting portion of a photosystem
  8. 12. control type that is affected by how much of an enzyme is present
  9. 16. enzyme that breaks branches in starch.
  10. 20. where starch is synthesized
  11. 21. type of pigment in plants that absorbs blue and green light
  12. 25. membrane of vacuole
  13. 28. cells that load and unload sugars into sieve elements