Across
- 1. a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates
- 3. a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms
- 4. produced in the citric acid cycle
- 7. an organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur
- 8. a yellowish organic acid that occurs as an intermediate in many metabolic processes, especially glycolysis
- 10. each of the partial partitions in a mitochondrion formed by infolding of the inner membrane
- 14. the sequence of reactions by which most living cells generate energy during the process of aerobic respiration
- 15. require oxygen
- 16. Acid crystalline organic compound with the chemical formula HO₂CCCH₂CO₂H
Down
- 1. the breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy and pyruvic acid
- 2. the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria
- 5. provides energy for the cell to use through the synthesis of ATP
- 6. an environment or material in which something develops
- 9. colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds
- 11. colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air
- 12. 2 carbons join compound called Coenzyme A
- 13. coenzyme found in all living cells
- 17. can be used immediately for cellular activities
- 18. a sharp tasting crystalline acid present in the juice of lemons and other sour fruits
- 19. each of the partial partitions in a mitochondrion formed by infolding of the inner membrane
