Cellular Respiration

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Across
  1. 1. Compound used by cells to store and release energy
  2. 2. Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen.
  3. 4. Process that does not require oxygen.
  4. 7. A 3-carbon compound made during Cellular Respiration
  5. 9. Second stage of Cellular Respiration in which Pyruvic Acid is broken down into Carbon DIoxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions.
  6. 11. Series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions
Down
  1. 1. Process that requires oxygen.
  2. 3. Innermost compartment of the mitochondrion.
  3. 5. A type of fermentation turns Pyruvic Acid into this
  4. 6. Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen.
  5. 8. Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.
  6. 10. First set of reactions in cellular respiration during which a molecule of glucose is broken into 2 molecules of pyruvic acid.