The Cycles of Matter

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Across
  1. 2. the process during which water vapor changes into liquid water
  2. 4. the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
  3. 6. processes that recycle the earth's limited resources
  4. 8. the movement of water from the Earth to the atmosphere and back
  5. 10. water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface
  6. 11. the process during which liquid water changes into a gas called water vapor
Down
  1. 1. the burning of fossil fuels which releases carbon into the atmosphere
  2. 3. evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
  3. 5. the movement of oxygen from the nonliving environment into living things and back
  4. 7. returns carbon to the soil and releases carbon into the atmosphere
  5. 9. natural energy sources—like coal, oil, and natural gas—formed deep underground from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago