Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: light energy : energy from the sun, kreb cycle : a series of biochemical reactions that convert pyruvic acid into carbon dioxide and water, photosynthesis : the process in which some organisms use water and carbon dioxide to make their own food, glucose : a sugar that is the major source of energy for the body, autotroph : an organism that makes its own food, lactic acid : the main end product of the chemical breakdown of carbohydrates in the body, heterotroph : an organism that cannot make its own food, stroma : a thick fluid within the chloroplast, chlorophyll : a green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria, pigment : a colored chemical that absorbs light, grana : a stacks of thylakoids found in a chloroplast, atp : cellular energy and is short for adenosine triphosphate, stomata : small opening on a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move, chloroplast : a structure in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food, mitochondria : rod-shaped cell structures that convert energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions, fermentation : the process by which cells break down molecules to release energy without using oxygen, glycolysis : the splitting of the six carbon molecule "glucose" into two 3-carbon molecules, cellular respiration : this process requires oxygen and takes place inside cells, calvin cycle : a biochemical pathway of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using atp