Element Cycling

5. ______ fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas which are formed over millions of years
6. Organism that gets its food from dead organisms and wastes from living organisms
10. The rocky, non-living part of the Earth
11. Carbon _______ is a location that stores carbon for a long period of time
12. The dynamic community of living organisms interacting with their non-living environment
13. Process by which plants convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen
14. The seventh element on the periodic table
15. The non-living things in an ecosystem (EX, air, sunlight, and temperature)
16. All of Earth's water
17. Key component of the nitrogen cycle. Takes nitrogen gas and transform it into usable nitrates

1. All the living things including people
2. Process by which carbon and nitrogen move between the biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere
3. Chemical reactions in cells that break down sugars and releases energy and carbon dioxide
4. The air above Earth's surface
7. The sixth element on the periodic table
8. The living things in an ecosystem (EX. plants and animals)
9. ___________ gas helps trap heat in Earth's atmosphere