Unit 5 Vocab (Uses words from 1,2,3,4)

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Across
  1. 1. Process in which a cell from two parents unite to create a new organism.
  2. 5. A weak acid or base that helps prevent sharp, sudden changes in pH.
  3. 7. Macromolecule made up of carbon and hydrogen. Fats, oils, and waxes.
  4. 10. CO2 + H2O —> C6H12O6 + O2
  5. 11. The acronym we use for adenosine triphosphate
  6. 12. Carbon dioxide and water yields glucose and oxygen
  7. 14. Light-absorbing molecules
  8. 15. One of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store and release energy.
  9. 17. Cell organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use.
  10. 22. Process by which organisms maintain a stable internal environment.
  11. 26. Reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugars
  12. 27. Process where a single parent reproduces by itself.
  13. 29. Small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers.
  14. 31. Compound that produces hydroxide ions in solution.
  15. 32. Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that capture sunlight and converts it into chemical energy.
  16. 33. Basic unit of life.
  17. 35. Compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Major source of energy for living organisms.
Down
  1. 2. Energy-requiring process that moves material across a membrane against a concentration difference
  2. 3. Saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts
  3. 4. Reactions of photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH
  4. 6. Change over time.
  5. 8. Process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates.
  6. 9. Process by which molecules tend to move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
  7. 13. When the concentration of a solute is the same throughout a solution.
  8. 16. Opening in the underside of a leaf that allow carbon dioxide and oxygen to diffuse in and out of the leaf
  9. 18. A large compound formed from combinations of many monomers.
  10. 19. Monomer of proteins. Compound of amino group, carboxyl group, and an R-group.
  11. 20. Macromolecule containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus. DNA and RNA are examples.
  12. 21. DIffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
  13. 23. Compound that forms hydrogen ions in a solution.
  14. 24. Organisms that obtain energy from foods it consumes.
  15. 25. Light collecting units of the chloroplasts
  16. 28. Organisms that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds.
  17. 30. Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms. Captures light energy
  18. 34. Macromolecule that is made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.