Cellular Respiration
Across
- 3. Using the energy released as protons move across a membrane to make ATP
- 4. Does not require oxygen
- 7. Allow for continued production of ATP
- 8. Involves the transfer of one hydrogen atom and the addition of one free proton
- 9. Identified by Hans Krebs, a German biochemist
- 11. The primary source of energy in all living cells
- 13. Some cells can convert this into other compounds through additional biochemical pathways in the cytosol
- 15. The first stage of cellular respiration
- 16. Contains the enzymes needed to catalyze the reactions in the Krebs cycle
- 20. A four-carbon compound that combines with a two carbon molecule of acetyl CoA
Down
- 1. A mitochondrial disease that causes loss of motor and verbal skills
- 2. The basis of the wine and beer industries
- 5. One of two major stages of aerobic respiration; in this, NADH is used to make ATP
- 6. 1 __ = 1,000 calories
- 10. The title of this crossword puzzle
- 12. Produces nearly 20 times more ATP than is produced by glycolysis alone
- 14. Created when pyruvic acid enters the mitochondrial matrix and reacts with coenzyme A
- 17. Oxidized by losing a hydrogen atom with its electron
- 18. Flavin adenine dinucleotide
- 19. An electron carrier molecule