Biology Benchmark
Across
- 3. Organisms that obtain energy from foods it consumes.
- 7. Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
- 8. First step of releasing energy of glucose.Glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acidacid
- 10. Compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Major source of energy for living organisms.
- 11. Homologous chromosomes exchange a portion of the chromatids during meiosis
- 12. When comparing two solutions, the solution with the greater concentration.
- 15. Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen
- 17. One of two identical sister parts of a duplicated chromosome
- 20. When comparing two solutions, the solution with the weaker concentration.
- 22. Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen
- 24. Compound that forms hydrogen ions in a solution.
- 27. Movement of the specific molecules across cell membranes through protein channels
- 28. Organism whose cells does not contain nuclei
- 30. A large compound formed from combinations of many monomers.
- 31. Macromolecule containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus. DNA and RNA are examples.
Down
- 1. Energy needed to start a chemical reaction.
- 2. Energy-requiring process that moves material across a membrane against a concentration difference
- 4. Protein that acts as a biological catalyst.
- 5. Organisms that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds.
- 6. Monomer of proteins. Compound of amino group, carboxyl group, and an R-group.
- 9. Large macromolecule formed from monosaccharides
- 11. A substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction.
- 13. Compound that produces hydroxide ions in solution.
- 14. Process by which organisms maintain a stable internal environment
- 16. Macromolecule made up of carbon and hydrogen. Fats, oils, and waxes.
- 18. Process by which molecules tend to move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
- 19. Change over time
- 21. Small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers.
- 23. System used to indicate the concentration of hydrogen ions
- 25. Series of events a cell goes through as it grows and divides
- 26. When the concentrations of two substances are the same.
- 29. Basic unit of life