Metabolism Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. System The parts of the body that work together to turn food and liquids into the building blocks and fuel that the body needs.
  2. 5. The chemical reactions in the body's cells that change food into energy.
  3. 6. acid The building blocks of proteins
  4. 7. respiration The process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions.
  5. 8. The main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's cells.
  6. 10. The ability to do work.
Down
  1. 1. A group of two or more atoms that bond together.
  2. 3. A group of related things or parts that work together as a whole.
  3. 4. system Takes up oxygen from the air we breathe and expels the unwanted carbon dioxide.
  4. 9. The ability to do work.