vocab

5. plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
7. pigment that gives plants their green color, and it helps plants create their own food through photosynthesis.
8. colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
9. reaction, the reaction of something, especially the iris of the eye, to different intensities of light.
10. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
11. A chemical process that occurs in plants, algae, and some types of bacteria, when they are exposed to sunlight.
12. an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.

1. simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
2. cycle, the cycle of chemical reactions where the carbon from the carbon cycle is fixed into sugars.
3. cells and tissues that support and give structure to organs, glands, or other tissues in the body.
4. membrane,the site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis with the photosynthetic pigments embedded directly in the membrane.
6. organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.