Across
- 3. Second set of reactions in cellular respiration that breaks down pyruvic acid into carbon dioxide and 2 ATP
- 7. Organisms that eat others for food
- 8. First set of reactions in cellular respiration that breaks down sugar into pyruvic acid
- 10. Organelle that is used for RNA and protein synthesis
- 11. Type of fermentation that converts pyruvic acid into alcohol
- 14. Series of events that that cells go through as they grow and divide
- 15. Network of protein filaments that help protect the cell
- 16. Source of energy for cells to use or store
- 18. Pathways of cellular respiration that require oxygen are
- 21. Final stage in cellular respiration that produces roughly 32 ATP
- 23. Organelle located near the nucleus and help organize cell division
- 24. Specialized organs
Down
- 1. Process where cells divides into two new daughter cells
- 2. Releases energy from food in the absence of oxygen
- 4. Portion of the cell outside the nucleus
- 5. Large, saclike, membrane-enclosed structures called
- 6. process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen
- 9. Type of fermentation that converts pyruvic acid to lactic acid
- 12. Small organelles filled with enzymes
- 13. Pathways of cellular respiration that do not need oxygen are
- 14. Genetic information is bundled into packages of DNA
- 17. Innermost part of the mitochondria
- 19. Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius
- 20. Power plants of the cell
- 22. Electron carrier in cellular respiration
