Crossword Puzzle: Water Cycle & Carbon Cycle

2. Eating food so the carbon and other elements will become part of your body.
5. Carbon dioxide is released to the air when fossil fuels or wood is burned.
8. Rain, sleet, snow and hail are examples of this.
10. Organisms use their metabolism to break down carbon-containing food for energy and release carbon dioxide
11. Bodies of organisms are compressed over millions of years and may become fuel.
12. Water seeping into the ground.

1. Water leaving the leaves of plants.
2. Water vapor comes together as tiny droplets in the sky.
3. Carbon dioxide from the air and water is broken apart and rebuilt as sugar (glucose).
4. The carbon from the bodies of dead organisms returns to the soil and air.
6. Pocket of water-soaked soil/sediment under the ground.
7. The sun gives water molecules enough energy to float as water vapor.
9. Rivers, creeks, and streams are examples of this.