Biology Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. NADPH stands for ___________
  2. 7. transfer of information between neurons
  3. 9. a reaction that yields ATP through the catabolism of ketone bodies.
  4. 12. combination of concentration gradient and the electrical gradient
  5. 14. it is composed of phosphate groups, a ribose and adenine
  6. 15. it requires energy for it to happen.
  7. 17. process of breaking down fatty acids into substrates
  8. 19. a five-carbon sugar found in RNA
  9. 22. synthesis of polymers from monomers
  10. 25. it is where the Krebs cycle takes place.
  11. 27. carbon dioxide and water react, using light energy, to produce glucose and oxygen
  12. 28. Acid also known as the Krebs cycle or TCA.
  13. 30. its main function in citric acid is to transport carbon atoms
  14. 32. protons are pumped from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space, and oxygen is reduced to form water
  15. 34. one of the reactants of aerobic respiration.
  16. 35. range of all types of EM radiation.
  17. 36. it occurs in yeast cells and bacteria
  18. 38. FADH stands for __________
  19. 39. energy generated from one reaction is used to drive the second reaction
  20. 40. it produces two molecules of pyruvate, ATP, NADH and water
Down
  1. 1. has a chlorophyll called P700.
  2. 2. used as an energy source by many tissues during periods of glucose deficiency
  3. 3. the smallest wavelengths and the most energy of any wave in the electromagnetic spectrum.
  4. 5. process of cellular respiration in which the presence of oxygen takes place
  5. 6. tightening of muscles when you do some activity.
  6. 8. it happens in the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast and occur in the presence of sunlight.
  7. 10. a green pigment foung in plants.
  8. 11. under anaerobic conditions, the pyruvic acid is reduced to lacticid acid by ____________
  9. 13. responsible for the brown and black skin
  10. 16. a type of cellular communication which a cell prduces a signal to induce changes in nearby cells
  11. 18. Phosphorylation process occurring in mitochondria and accounts for majority of the ATP production.
  12. 20. functional units for photosynthesis.
  13. 21. emitted by the sun and the reason skin tans and burns.
  14. 23. pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
  15. 24. iron-containing sulphur protein, which is the first pigment that accepts PS1
  16. 26. Krebs cycle was named after him.
  17. 29. most abundant protein in the chloroplast and maybe on earth
  18. 31. movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane bound structure, down their electrochemical membrane
  19. 33. it utilizes energy obtained from multiple catabolic mechanisms, including cellular respiration beta-oxidation, and ketosis.
  20. 37. the chemical process which involves the splitting of a bond by adding water.