Environmental and Wildlife Terms

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Across
  1. 5. the living community (plants, animals, microbes) functioning together as an independent system.
  2. 6. The clouds are unable to hold anymore condensed water vapor and pour down droplets due to wind or temperature change. Depending on the weather this could be rain or snow.
  3. 9. A graphical model showing the interconnecting food chains in an ecosystem
  4. 10. Nitrogen 80% of our nitrogen supply is found in the atmosphere as two bonded nitrogen atoms which creates a nitrogen molecule (N2).
  5. 12. Idenfication A skill developed by studying the physical characteristics.
  6. 13. water in the oceans, rivers, and lakes is absorbed into the atmosphere through the sun's heat energy as water vapor.
  7. 15. to be broken down physically and chemically by bacterial or fungal action; to rot.
  8. 18. the study of the interactions of living things with each other and their physical environment
  9. 19. Number of animals that can be supported over a period of time
  10. 20. large areas of earth that are characterized by their living community and weather specific to that environment. (Tundra, Grasslands, Forests, Deserts, Aquatic).
Down
  1. 1. The natural environment of an animal, plant, or other organisms
  2. 2. Basic human element of nature that covers 70% of the earth's surface. It regulates temperature and turns rock into soil
  3. 3. When microbes in living plants convert nitrogen molecules (N2) into usable nitrate (NO3-) in the soil.
  4. 4. the processes by which plant and animal cells break down sugar, which results in carbon dioxide.
  5. 7. Gases surrounding the earth contain carbon in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane.
  6. 8. When bacteria in the soil dissolves nitrate (NO3-) and releases it back into the atmosphere (N2).
  7. 11. Influences crucial life processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, fossil fuel creation and climate.
  8. 14. Cyle nitrogen travels from reservoirs with the help of bacteria, water, lightening, plants and animals.
  9. 16. the process by which plants use carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to build sugar.
  10. 17. water absorbed by plants pull the water up from its roots to its leaves where it's released during photosynthesis as water vapor into the atmosphere