Across
- 3. fuel coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals
- 4. occurs in the mitochondria; glucose is broken down into useable energy called ATP
- 7. controls a chemical reaction without being changed itself; a kind of catalyst
- 8. essential nutrients that do not yield energy, but that are required for growth and proper functioning of the body
- 9. the ability to do work or cause change
- 10. the building blocks of proteins
- 12. process in which chemical energy is used to produce carbohydrates
- 16. water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide are combined to produce oxygen and glucose
- 19. a simple sugar which provides animal cells with energy c6h12O6
- 21. the green pigment found in plants and in some bacteria that absorb sunlight for photosynthesis
- 22. made by green plants during photosynthesis, this gives immediate or quick energy
Down
- 1. anaerobic respiration; how yeast and bacteria transform glucose into ATP
- 2. resource resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily
- 5. made of amino acids, make up all structural components of the body
- 6. the process by which living things break down food into smaller molecules that can diffuse or pass through a cell membrane
- 11. total of all chemical processes that maintain life
- 13. compounds that include fats, ouls, or waxes; they have an oily feel and are not soluble in water
- 14. adenosine tri-phosphate; useable cell energy
- 15. any organism that must eat or decompose to obtain nutrients
- 17. any organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun
- 18. resource a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
- 20. a unit that measures the energy supplied by foods