Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry has 30 clues. Answers range from 3 to 22 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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Phase of cellular respiration that requires oxygen is ________.
Growing or metabolizing with an absence of oxygen would be considered to be ________.
__________ ______________ is metabolic reactions that use energy from carbohydrates, fatty acids and amino acids to produce ATP molecules.
The process by which the mitochondria and chloroplasts use energy of an electron transport chain to create a hydrogen ion gradient that drives ATP formation.
The _____ _____ _______ is a cycle of reactions in the mitochondria that breaks down acetyl groups and and produce Carbon Dioxide, ATP, and FADH.
The _________ _________ ______ is a passage of electrons through along a series of membrane-bound electron carrier molecules from a higher to lower energy level; releases energy for ATP synthesis.
The coenzyme of oxidation reduction that oxidizes to become FADH, and delivers electron to the ETC is ______.
________ is the anaerobic breakdown of glucose that a net gain of 2 ATP molecules and end products such as lactate and alcohol.
The anaerobic breakdown of a glucose molecule into two pyruvates is also known as ________.
A ___________ is a membrane bounded organelle that carries out cellular respiration, and in which ATP molecules are produced.
_____ is the coenzyme of oxidation reduction that results in a NADH, and carries electrons to the electron transport chain during cellular respiration.
________ is term that describes the amount of oxygen that is required to oxidize lactic acid.
The __________ ___________ is the reaction that oxidizes pyruvate with the release of carbon dioxide; connects glycolysis to the citric acid cycle.
The end product of glycolysis is 2 __________ molecules.
An ___________ is an organism that can capture solar energy and synthesize organic molecules from inorganic nutrients.
_____ __________ __________ is a complex of proteins in the cristae of the mitochondria and the thylakoid of chloroplasts that produces ATP as hydrogen flows down a concentration gradient.
The _____ ______ ________ is a portion of photosynthesis that takes place in the stroma of the chloroplasts, and use the products of light reactions to reduce CO2 to a carbohydrate.
_____ photosynthesis is a carbon fixation pathway that has evolved in some plants as an adaptation to hot/dry conditions.
_________ ________ ________ is a photosynthetic reaction in which CO2 is attached to an organic compound.
The green pigment that absorbs solar energy is known as _________.
The membrane bounded organelle, ____________ in algae and land plants with chlorophyll containing membranous thylakoids are where photosynthesis takes place.
In the chloroplast of a plant cell, ______ are stacks of the chlorophyll- containing thylakoids.
A ___________ is an organism that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic substances.
The ______ _______ are the portion of photosynthesis that captures solar energy and takes place in the thylakoid membranes and produces ATP and NADPH.
In a __________ ____________, the electrons flow through photosystem II and photosystem I, them move on the Calvin cycle.
_______________ is a series of reactions that occur in plants when CO2 levels depleted, but oxygen continues to accumulate and the enzyme RuBP carboxylase fixes oxygen instead of CO2.
The process of __________ is the process by which chlorophyll-containing organelles capture solar energy to to reduce carbon dioxide to carbohydrate.
The photosynthetic unit where energy is absorbed and high energy electrons are generated; occurs as PSII & PSI.
_____ ___________ is an enzyme that starts the calvin cycle reactions by catalyzing attachment of the carbon atom from CO2 to RuBP.
The small opening between two guard cells on the underside of a leaf epidermis through which gas passes is called the (plural)__________

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