Poems of Power: A Photosynthesis & Respiration Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. In cells, it breaks food down to grow, Releasing energy, life’s bright glow.
  2. 6. It’s not in your kitchen, but it’s where it’s done, The place where photosynthesis has its fun.
  3. 7. Sunlight and CO₂ mix, you see, Creating food for plants—so vital, so free.
  4. 8. A liquid life plants love to take, Split by sunlight for oxygen’s sake.
  5. 10. You breathe it out when you run or play, But plants need it to make their food each day.
  6. 11. Roots in the ground, reaching for light, Making food from the sun, a true delight.
Down
  1. 1. It’s small but mighty, full of power, Turning food into energy hour by hour.
  2. 3. You need this to jump, to run, to breathe, It’s made in the cell when food is retrieved.
  3. 4. Without this, your energy wouldn’t flow, It’s the start of the process, the first thing to go.
  4. 5. Plants make it sweet, plants make it bright, A sugar so useful, storing energy tight.
  5. 9. The air we breathe, the gift we’re given, It’s produced by plants, so we keep on living.
  6. 10. Green and mighty, it helps you grow, Catching sunlight with a brilliant glow.
  7. 12. Moving and breathing, it hunts or it grazes, With a heart that beats, through forests and mazes.