Chapters 8 and 9 vocab
Across
- 1. stores and supplies cell with needed energy
- 4. chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and other compounds into glucose
- 11. The chemical process that generates most of the energy in the cell
- 12. the process by which plants uses sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
Down
- 1. relating to, involving, or requiring an absence of free oxygen
- 2. relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen
- 3. The series of biochemical reactions in photosynthesis that require light energy that is captured by light-absorbing pigments
- 5. a green pigment responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis
- 6. the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms
- 7. a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place
- 8. the breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy and pyruvic acid
- 9. a cycle of enzyme-catalyzed reactions in living cells that is the final series of reactions of aerobic metabolism
- 10. the natural coloring matter of plants and animals