THE ENERGY OF LIFE

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Across
  1. 7. The "powerhouse" of the cell where cellular respiration is completed to create energy.
  2. 9. The chain formed by amino acids.
  3. 10. The main sugar (C6H12O6) produced during photosynthesis and broken down in glycolysis.
  4. 13. The source of energy that plants use to start the process of photosynthesis.
  5. 15. The metabolic pathway that breaks down glucose into two molecules of pyruvate.
  6. 17. The piece of DNA that encodes a certain protein.
Down
  1. 1. The process cells use to get energy from glucose when there is no oxygen.
  2. 2. The green pigment in plants that captures sunlight for photosynthesis.
  3. 3. Organisms, like plants, that can produce their own food using light or chemical energy.
  4. 4. Cell division.
  5. 5. Can be malignant or benign.
  6. 6. Along with CO_2, plants need this liquid to perform photosynthesis.
  7. 8. The main "energy molecule" created during cellular respiration.
  8. 11. The gas produced by plants as a waste product, which humans need to breathe.
  9. 12. The place in the cell where Glycolysis happens.
  10. 14. Set of genes.
  11. 15. CODE The set of triplets to which certain amino acids correspond.
  12. 16. The main "organ" of the plant where photosynthesis usually takes place.