Midterm crossword puzzle

3. a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert chemical energy from oxygen molecules or nutrients into adenosine triphosphate, and then release waste products.
4. an organism that eats plants and animals.
5. Photosynthesizing organisms.they make their food by taking sunlight and using the energy to make sugar.
6. The collective term for the stack of thylakoids within the chloroplast of plant cells.
9. living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen aerobic respiration.
10. play an important role in the breakdown of organic matter from decomposing animals and plants
12. a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through cellular respiration, can later be released to fuel the organism's activities.
14. cell structures in the epidermis of tree leaves and needles that are involved in the exchange of carbon dioxide and water between plants and the atmosphere.
15. functional and structural units of protein complexes involved in photosynthesis.
18. a light-dependent process in some plants resulting in the oxidation of glycolic acid and release of carbon dioxide.
19. the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast.

1. a pigment that gives plants their green color, and it helps plants create their own food through photosynthesis.
2. A molecule that can accept and donate electrons from and to various enzymes.
3. any organism that can't make its own food. they have to feed on producers or other consumers to survive.
7. an organism that feeds mostly on plants.
8. an organism that eats mostly meat, or the flesh of animals.
11. involves the use of energy released by inorganic chemical reactions to produce food.
13. Not requiring, or capable of occurring, in the absence of air or free oxygen.
16. the mitochondrion internal spaces enclosed by the inner membrane.
17. the membrane which separates the mitochondrial matrix from the intermembrane space.