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Photosynthesis crossword puzzles covering chlorophyll, sunlight, glucose, and how plants make food.

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Photosynthesis

Medium · 15×15 · 14 words
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Across

  1. 2. Colored substance in leaves that absorbs sunlight
  2. 3. Waxy leaf coating that helps prevent water loss
  3. 5. Byproduct gas released when water molecules split
  4. 6. Simple sugar plants produce for energy
  5. 8. Outer protective layer of cells on a leaf
  6. 10. Tiny pores on leaves that exchange gases
  7. 11. Element found in the gas plants absorb from air
  8. 12. Molecule split apart during the light reactions

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  1. 1. Plant tissue that carries water upward from the roots
  2. 2. Plant tissue that carries sugar to other parts
  3. 3. Green pigment that captures light energy in leaves
  4. 4. Process that releases stored energy from sugar
  5. 7. Stored form of power found inside glucose
  6. 9. Main energy source that powers photosynthesis

Photosynthesis

Easy · 11×11 · 15 words
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  1. 1. Mix of gases that surrounds every plant
  2. 5. Flat green part of a plant that catches sunlight
  3. 6. Dirt that holds nutrients for plant roots
  4. 8. Liquid that plant roots soak up from soil
  5. 10. Plant part that holds up the leaves and flowers
  6. 12. Tall plant with a thick wooden trunk
  7. 13. Common color of healthy plant leaves
  8. 14. What a plant makes using sunlight and water

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  1. 2. Underground plant part that takes in water
  2. 3. Colorful plant part that attracts bees
  3. 4. Living thing that makes its own food
  4. 7. Energy from the sun that plants need to grow
  5. 9. Power a plant gets from sunlight
  6. 10. Small part a new plant can grow from
  7. 11. Star that gives Earth light and heat

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