Energy Systems Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• energy: this is what allows us to do work
• power: the rate at which we expend energy
• creatine kinase: the enzyme that facilitates the release of atp from phosphocreatine
• glycolysis: the breakdown of glucose - can be aerobic or anaerobic
• cytoplasm: where the process of glycolysis takes place
• pyruvic acid: the end of the process of glycogen breakdown when oxygen is present
• lactic acid: the end product of glycolysis in anaerobic conditions
• anaerobic: the meaning of 'without oxygen'
• oxidative system: the primary method of energy production during endurance events
• mitochondria: the part of the cell where energy is produced in the presence of oxygen
• krebs: the cycle where acetyl coa enters to continue energy production when oxygen is present
• electron transport: the chain that uses a series of 'redox' reactions to generate hydrogen atoms
• cytochromes: the series of iron protein electron carriers that carry out the 'redox' reactions that strip hydrogen electrons
• citric acid cycle: an alternative name for the krebs cycle