Across
- 2. Original energy source for most food chains on Earth
- 4. The _________ system carries glucose and oxygen gas to the cells via the bloodstream.
- 5. Process that breaks food down into smaller molecules the body can absorb
- 8. The minimum amount of energy your body needs to stay alive while resting.
- 9. How fast or slow an individual's metabolism is.
- 10. Process plants use to convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into sugar
- 11. The potential energy stored in food
- 12. Type of organisms that perform both cellular respiration and photosynthesis
- 14. Type of biomolecule that serves as a long-term energy storage for the body
- 16. The photosynthesis and respiration equations are _____________ to one another.
- 17. Organism that makes its own food using light or chemical energy
- 20. Biomolecule that provides quick energy for the body
- 22. Nutrient that helps build and repair body tissues
Down
- 1. Organelle where most cellular respiration and ATP production occur
- 3. Organism that must consume other organisms to obtain energy
- 6. Process cells use to release energy from glucose using oxygen
- 7. Ability to do work or power life processes in living things
- 13. Nutrients that help build strong bones and teeth and regulate body functions
- 15. Simple sugar used by cells as the main fuel source
- 18. Gas required by most cells to release energy from food
- 19. Substances in food that are important to living things.
- 21. Energy molecule produced by cells that powers cellular activities