Chapter 10 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions
  2. 7. A process of energy conversion that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen
  3. 9. Process that requires oxygen
  4. 10. An electron carrier involved in cellular respiration
  5. 11. A second stage of cellular respiration, in which pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
Down
  1. 1. Cell organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds for the cell to use
  2. 2. The innermost compartment of the mitochondria and the site of the Krebs cycle reactions
  3. 4. An enzyme for the synthesis of ATP; it consists of a cluster of proteins that spans the cell membrane and allows hydrogen ions (H+) to pass
  4. 5. A process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen
  5. 6. The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius
  6. 8. The first set of reactions in cellular respiration, in which a molecule of glucose is broken down into two molecules of pyruvic acid
  7. 9. Process that does not require oxygen
  8. 12. The fluid that fills a cell