Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Across
- 4. a swelling on a plant root that contains nitrogen-fixing bacteria
- 6. process in cells that cause oxygen and glucose to produce energy and carbon dioxide
- 8. precipitation that is more acidic than normal rain water
- 13. Another name for LIVING Organisms
- 14. pollution released into the atmosphere
- 15. conversion of nitrogen in the atmosphere to a form that can be used by plants
Down
- 1. what prcoess cycles chemical elements through the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem
- 2. a source of energy formed from dead plants and animals
- 3. brown smog produced when air pollutants react with sunlight
- 5. Precipitation that flows over the surface of soil
- 7. plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria in nodules on its roots
- 9. process that releases nitrogen from soil back into the atmosphere
- 10. process in which plants convert light, water, and carbon dioxide into sugars
- 11. the process that gathers precipitation into a body of water
- 12. Another name for NON LIVING organisms