Chapter 10 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius
  2. 4. compound used by cells to store and release energy
  3. 9. process that does not require oxygen
  4. 11. cell organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use
  5. 12. chemical byproduct of anaerobic respiration
Down
  1. 1. first set of reactions in cellular respiration during which a molecule of glucose is broken into 2 molecules of pyruvic acid
  2. 3. series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP. generating reactions
  3. 5. process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen
  4. 6. a yellowish organic acid which occurs as an intermediate in many metabolic processes, especially glycolysis.
  5. 7. second stage of cellular respiration in which pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
  6. 8. process that requires oxygen
  7. 10. innermost compartment of the mitochondrion
  8. 13. process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen