Unit 2
Across
- 3. function is to shuttle electrons from NADH to FADH2
- 4. all the gasses surrounding earth
- 6. pigment in chloroplasts
- 8. substance at the beginning of a chemical reaction
- 10. type of organism that is able to make its own food
- 13. a situation in which oxygen is present
- 14. releases energy by breaking down food molecules
- 17. nutrient forms backbone for all macromolecules in living things
- 18. type of organism that must eat other organisms to obtain energy
- 19. water, soil, living things,(not air)
- 21. site of cellular respiration
- 23. converts light energy into chemical energy, where photosynthesis takes place
- 24. alcoholic, lactic acid, acetic acid, alkaline
- 26. all the soil and rocks on earth
- 27. uses light energy to make molecules needed for photosynthesis
Down
- 1. one of the principal chemical compounds the cells use to store and release energy, made up of adenosine, 5 carbon sugar, and 3 phosphate groups
- 2. describes a situation in which oxygen is not present
- 5. first step in the breakdown of glucose
- 7. organisms that break down biotic compounds into abiotic compounds
- 9. made up of adenosine, 5 carbon sugar, and 2 phosphate groups
- 11. substances created during a chemical reaction
- 12. AKA the Calvin cycle
- 15. process of using light energy to make glucose
- 16. used in proteins and nucleic acids, must be "fixed" for living things to use, often limited
- 20. all water on earth
- 22. citric acid cycle
- 25. all living things on earth