3B Nathaniel Davis

2. The process of when liquid water turns into water vapor
3. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds
5. A chemical element
7. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth
8. a very large expanse of sea
11. The process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts
12. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
13. the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth
15. the formation of organic nitrogen compounds like amino acids from inorganic nitrogen compounds present in the environment

1. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
4. found in most large body's of water
5. the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms as it circulates among atmosphere, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems
6. frozen water
9. any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere
10. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth
14. the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment