Chapter 9 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

Relating to, involving, or requiring an absence of free oxygen.
A green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. Its molecule contains a magnesium atom held in a porphyrin ring.
An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
The chemical process that generates most of the energy in the cell, supplying molecules needed to make the metabolic reactions (see metabolism) of an organism run. Note: The main carrier of energy in metabolism is the molecule ATP.
The sequence of reactions by which most living cells generate energy during the process of aerobic respiration. It takes place in the mitochondria, consuming oxygen, producing carbon dioxide and water as waste products, and converting ADP to energy-rich ATP.
A coenzyme that occurs in many living cells and functions as an electron acceptor.
Relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen.
An environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure.
An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.
The breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy and pyruvic acid.
The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.
Light-absorbing molecules used by plants to gather the sun’s energy.
Compound used by cells to store and release energy.