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3. a double-membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic organisms.
6. use light energy to make two molecules needed for the next stage of photosynthesis.
9. a process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes.
11. not requiring oxygen.
12. the light-independent reactions in photosynthesis that take place in three key steps.
14. a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid.
16. a colorless, odorless reactive gas.
17. requiring the presence off oxygen.
18. are membrane-bound compartments inside chloroplasts.
19. the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast.
21. a metabolic pathway is a linked series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell.

1. an organic acid.
2. process used by plants taking in energy from sunlight and turning it into chemical energy.
4. a chemical compound and a simple alcohol.
5. a series of chemical reactions used by all aerobic organisms to release stored energy.
7. the breakdown of glucose by enzymes.
8. a series of electron transporters embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane that shuttles electrons from NADH to molecular oxygen.
10. a simple sugar.
12. a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
13. a colorless, odorless gas.
15. process when cells obtain energy by combining oxygen and glucose and releasing carbon dioxide, water, and ATP.
20. provides energy to drive many processes in living cells.