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- 4. what we breate in
- 7. a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon
- 10. When green plants and other organisms use sun to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
- 13. series of complexes that transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors via redox reactions, and couples this electron transfer with the transfer of protons across a membrane.
- 16. each of a number of flattened sacs inside a chloroplast, bounded by pigmented membranes
- 19. chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria or yeast.
- 20. -a process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances.
- 21. a series of enzyme-mediated reactions where the product of one reaction is used as the substrate in the next.
- 22. The breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy and pyruvic acid
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- 1. organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration
- 2. flammable liquid that is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars
- 3. light-dependent reactions take place on the thylakoid membranes.
- 5. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
- 6. refers to the light-independent reactions in photosynthesis that take place in three key steps
- 8. Sequence of reaction from most living things generating energy during the aerobic respiration process
- 9. a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place
- 11. -relating, involving, or requiring oxygen
- 12. the supportive tissue of an epithelial organ,
- 14. organicac acid formed in sour milk and is produced in muscle tissue.
- 15. relating, involving, or requiring the absence of oxygen
- 17. the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere, and the fluids of most living organisms
- 18. complex organic chemical that provides energy to drive many processes in living cells