Earth Shperes and Cycles; Jordan Fleer
Across
- 3. is the hard rock on and just below earths surface
- 4. the return of water to earths surface
- 5. all of the rock below earths surface
- 8. a spongelike formation of rock, sand or gravel that holds water
- 9. the conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia
- 13. the release of water vapor by plants through their leaves
- 14. a process where plants use sunlight to convert CO2 and water into food
- 16. the thin layer of gasses that surrounds earth
Down
- 1. a process by which organisms use O to make chemical energy into CO2 and water
- 2. the movement of and accumilation of eroded soil
- 6. the introduction of phosphorus and nitrogen leading to overgrowth of algae and other producers
- 7. one of the rigid layers of the lithosphere
- 10. Loop a cycle of events that causes a reaction
- 11. all of the water on our earth including oceans
- 12. the earth and all of its organisms and environments
- 15. a layer of very hot but mostly solid rock beneath earths crust