Across
- 3. The steps in photosynthesis that occur on the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplast and that convert solar energy to the chemical energy of ATP and NADPH, evolving oxygen in the process.
- 7. A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.
- 8. second stage of cellular respiration
- 9. Series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions
- 12. Ending materials in a chemical reaction.
- 13. Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen
- 17. Process that does not require oxygen
- 20. A starting material in a chemical reaction
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- 1. Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
- 2. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- 4. Anything that has mass and takes up space
- 5. microorganisms break down sugars to form carbon dioxide and ethanol
- 6. product of fermentation in many types of cells, including human muscle cells.
- 10. end product of glycolysis
- 11. The chemical element of atomic number 6
- 12. process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
- 14. Capture energy from sunlight and use it to produce food for the cell. (only in plants)
- 15. form of sugar that circulates through blood
- 16. energy carrying coenzyme
- 18. All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans
- 19. molecules that stores energy