bio

4. important for releasing and storing energy within an organism
6. A measurement of the energy content of food
7. electrons are passed from one molecule to another
9. doesn't require oxygen
11. the main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's cells
12. helping turn nutrients into energy
13. a chain of reactions occurring in the mitochondri
14. a series of reactions that extract energy from glucose by splitting it into two three-carbon molecules called pyruvates
16. a tissue in animal or plant cells

1. the process in which a substance breaks down into a simpler substance
2. disinfectants and antiseptics
3. a chemical your body produces when your cells break down carbohydrates for energy
5. a series of chemical reactions that break down glucose to produce ATP
8. a colourless, odourless, tasteless gas essential to living organisms
10. requiring free oxygen.
15. store energy for future reactions or be withdrawn to pay for reactions when energy is required by the cell