Chapter 2: Cell Processes

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Across
  1. 1. Small openings called ______________ allow carbon dioxide to enter a leaf. (Stomata /sunlight)
  2. 3. When a mutation disturbs the cell cycle, the result can be _________, or uncontrolled cell division (Cancer / radiation)
  3. 5. Plants make their own food using energy that comes from the ___________ (Stomata / sunlight)
  4. 8. Cancer can spread when cells break off a tumor and are carried through the body by the __________. ( Blood / chemotherapy)
  5. 9. The most common treatment for cancer include drugs, surgery and _________. (cancer / radiation)
  6. 11. During respiration, molecules of __________ are first broken down in the cytoplasm. (glucose / respiration)
  7. 12. Chloroplast contain a pigment called _________ that captures the energy in light. (Tobacco / chlorophyll)
  8. 14. Energy from glucose is released in the process of ____________. (Glucose / Respiration)
  9. 15. A form of treatment in which drugs destroy cancer cells is called ___________. (Radiation / Chemotherapy)
Down
  1. 2. A cell's nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei during the state of the cell cycle known as ___________ (Telophase / Cytokinesis)
  2. 4. The process in which yeast breaks down sugars and produces carbon dioxide and alcohol is called __________ fermentation (Alcoholic / water)
  3. 6. Many cancer deaths are caused by unhealthy diets or by the use of __________. (tobacco / chlorophyll)
  4. 7. The products of respiration are energy, carbon dioxide, and _________ (water/ alcoholic)
  5. 10. The final stage of the cell cycle, during which the cytoplasm divides is called ___________ (telophase/ cytokinesis)
  6. 13. The main difference between respiration and fermentation is that respiration use _____________ to obtain energy ( respiration / oxygen)