Day 7 Vocabulary Assignment
Across
- 1. the movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane bound structure, down their electrochemical gradient
- 4. the end-product of glycolysis
- 6. the action of breathing
- 7. the first step in the breakdown of glucose to extract energy for cellular metabolism
- 9. energy-carrying molecule found in the cells of all living things
- 10. respiration using electron acceptors other than molecular oxygen
- 11. a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes
- 13. a series of proteins and organic molecules found in the inner membrane of the mitochondria
Down
- 2. generate most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell's biochemical reactions
- 3. the process by which organisms combine oxygen with foodstuff molecules
- 5. involves a series of enzyme catalyzed reactions that reduce the acetyl portion of acetyl coenzyme A in the mitochondrial matrix
- 8. a molecule that participates in many biochemical reactions in protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
- 9. the process of cellular respiration that takes place in the presence of oxygen gas to produce energy from food
- 12. the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell