Across
- 2. What molecule is the main chemical energy currency produced during cell respiration?
- 5. Which specific tissue in a leaf is adapted for maximum light absorption and photosynthesis?
- 7. What is the name of the carbohydrate used for energy storage in animals and fungi?
- 8. What type of pathogen causes influenza?
- 11. Which organelle is the site of aerobic respiration?
- 13. Which biological catalyst lowers the activation energy of metabolic reactions?
- 14. Which chemical element is found in proteins but *not* in carbohydrates or lipids?
- 15. In which specific structure of the human lungs does gas exchange take place?
Down
- 1. What toxic waste product is produced by yeast during anaerobic respiration?
- 3. Which muscular structure contracts and flattens to increase thorax volume during inhalation?
- 4. What pigment traps light energy inside a chloroplast?
- 6. What term describes an organism that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter by secreting extracellular enzymes?
- 9. What is the term for the mechanism used by cells to move substances against a concentration gradient using energy?
- 10. What substance is used to test for the presence of starch, turning from brown to blue-black?
- 12. What is the term for the movement of water molecules from an area of high water potential to an area of low water potential across a partially permeable membrane?