Honors Biology Chapter 8 Vocab Crossword

most important compounds that cells use to store and release energy
organisms that obtain food by consuming other living things
organisms that make their own food
process by which autotrophs use the energy of sunlight to produce high-energy carbohydrates----sugars and starches-----that can be used as food
light absorbing molecules used by plants that gather the sun’s energy.
the principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms.
sac-like photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts.
the fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids.
a carrier molecule that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules.
a set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH.
a set of reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light’ energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar; also called the Calvin cycle.
cluster of chlorophyll and proteins found in thylakoids.
series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions.
cluster of proteins that span the thylakoid membrane and allow hydrogen ions (H+) to pass through it.
the light independent reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar.