Unit 3 Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 1. (nicoinamide adenine dinucleotide) electron carrier involved in glycolysis
  2. 5. process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen
  3. 12. reactions of photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH
  4. 13. protein that uses energy from H+ ions to form ATP from ADP
  5. 14. amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius
  6. 16. light-absorbing molecule
  7. 18. process of 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
  8. 21. reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugars
  9. 22. first step in releasing the energy of glucose, in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acid
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  1. 2. organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer
  2. 3. process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen
  3. 4. a series of proteins in which the high-energy electrons from the Krebs cycle are used to convert ADP into ATP
  4. 6. (adenosine triphosphate) one of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store and release energy
  5. 7. second stage of cellular respiration, in which pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
  6. 8. light-collecting units of the chloroplast
  7. 9. organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer
  8. 10. (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) one the carrier molecules that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules
  9. 11. opening in the underside of a leaf that allows the carbon dioxide and oxygen to diffuse into and out of the leaf
  10. 15. process that requires oxygen
  11. 17. principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms; capture light energy
  12. 19. sac-like structures contained in chloroplast
  13. 20. process that does not require oxygen