Biology Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. the smallest wavelengths and the most energy of any wave in the electromagnetic spectrum.
- 6. combination of concentration gradient and the electrical gradient
- 8. Phosphorylation process occurring in mitochondria and accounts for majority of the ATP production.
- 9. functional units for photosynthesis.
- 11. FADH stands for __________
- 12. emitted by the sun and the reason skin tans and burns.
- 15. most abundant protein in the chloroplast and maybe on earth
- 16. it produces two molecules of pyruvate, ATP, NADH and water
- 18. a green pigment foung in plants.
- 19. pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
- 20. responsible for the brown and black skin
- 21. it is composed of phosphate groups, a ribose and adenine
- 23. movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane bound structure, down their electrochemical membrane
- 25. process of cellular respiration in which the presence of oxygen takes place
- 28. it is where the Krebs cycle takes place.
- 32. carbon dioxide and water react, using light energy, to produce glucose and oxygen
- 33. Acid also known as the Krebs cycle or TCA.
- 34. a type of cellular communication which a cell prduces a signal to induce changes in nearby cells
- 35. it occurs in yeast cells and bacteria
- 36. energy generated from one reaction is used to drive the second reaction
- 37. process of breaking down fatty acids into substrates
- 38. Krebs cycle was named after him.
- 39. transfer of information between neurons
Down
- 1. range of all types of EM radiation.
- 2. NADPH stands for ___________
- 3. used as an energy source by many tissues during periods of glucose deficiency
- 5. its main function in citric acid is to transport carbon atoms
- 7. protons are pumped from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space, and oxygen is reduced to form water
- 10. a five-carbon sugar found in RNA
- 13. one of the reactants of aerobic respiration.
- 14. the chemical process which involves the splitting of a bond by adding water.
- 17. synthesis of polymers from monomers
- 19. a reaction that yields ATP through the catabolism of ketone bodies.
- 22. tightening of muscles when you do some activity.
- 24. FFAs stands for ____________
- 26. it utilizes energy obtained from multiple catabolic mechanisms, including cellular respiration beta-oxidation, and ketosis.
- 27. it happens in the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast and occur in the presence of sunlight.
- 29. it requires energy for it to happen.
- 30. under anaerobic conditions, the pyruvic acid is reduced to lacticid acid by ____________
- 31. iron-containing sulphur protein, which is the first pigment that accepts PS1