Cellular Respiration

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