Across
- 3. solution that contains more dissolved particles than is found in normal cells and blood
- 5. occurs without oxygen and releases less energy but more quickly than aerobic respiration
- 8. cycle of water on the earth
- 10. significant changes in global temperature, precipitation, wind patterns and other measures of climate
- 11. the cycle of how carbon atoms are used
- 12. active transport is the movement of molecules against the concentration gradient
- 16. metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells
- 17. two oxygen atoms linked by one carbon atom
- 19. biological membrane that separates the interior of all cells from the outside environment and protects the cell from its environment
- 20. an important energy molecule found in all life forms
Down
- 1. process by which radiations from the sun are absorbed by the greenhouse gases and not reflected back into space
- 2. the process by which plants create food
- 4. the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activity
- 6. the aerobic catabolism of nutrients to carbon dioxide, water, and energy
- 7. is a major source of energy for body cells
- 9. the gas the all living thing breathe
- 13. transport of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane that separates two solutions of differing solute concentration
- 14. membrane transport that does not require energy to move substances
- 15. variations in the climate that last longer than individual weather events
- 18. processes during which nitrogen moves through both living and non-living things