Metabolism Vocabulary
Across
- 1. a type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together
- 4. the body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
- 5. a molecule used to release energy, it makes up starch
- 7. the body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body
- 8. the body system that takes in food and breaks it down
- 9. the body's use of molecules for energy and growth
Down
- 2. molecules that are the building blocks of proteins
- 3. _________ respiration. The chemical reaction between glucose and oxygen in the mitochondria of cells that releases energy.
- 6. a group of atoms joined together in a particular way