APES Water Cycle

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Across
  1. 3. a mass of root tissue containing bacteria that convert nitrogen to energy useable by plants
  2. 7. undecayed vegetation
  3. 9. differing conditions from upper to lower layers
  4. 13. bogs that are mainly fed by groundwater
  5. 14. wetlands with trees
  6. 15. the process of turning from liquid into vapor
  7. 17. the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc
  8. 19. the path of water through our environment (not water cycle)
  9. 21. tiny, free-floating photosynthetic plants
  10. 22. sharp temperature boundary
  11. 23. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
  12. 24. a species variety of trees that grow in salt water
  13. 25. top level of a body water
Down
  1. 1. low, narrow, sandy islands
  2. 2. shallow ecosystems in which the land surface is saturated or submerged at least part of the year
  3. 4. bays where rivers empty into the sea
  4. 5. the lowest level of a body of water
  5. 6. shallow wetlands that flood with seawater
  6. 8. areas of saturated ground, usually composed of deep layers of accumulated, undecayed vegetation
  7. 10. coral expels its algal partner and then die
  8. 11. depressions in rocky shorelines that are flooded at high tide but retain some water at low tide
  9. 12. Cells break up sugars to get energy they can use
  10. 16. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground
  11. 18. moderately salty
  12. 20. carbon storage deposits