Across
- 2. dioxide, water, and
- 3. water contained in places such as lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and reservoirs
- 5. the process in which water vapor is changed back into a liquid
- 6. when water in the atmosphere falls in the form of rain, sleet, snow, hail, or freezing rain
- 8. the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere
- 13. the circulation of nitrogen and its compounds by living organisms in nature
- 14. The movement and exchange of carbon through living organisms, the ocean, the atmosphere, rocks and minerals, and other parts of the Earth
- 15. Water that flows across the land and enters rivers and streams
- 16. When animals take in oxygen and consume food and release carbon dioxide as a waste product
- 18. the ecosystem that includes all of earth's rock and layers of non-living things
- 19. this element is needed for plants and animals to make proteins, DNA, and amino acids
Down
- 1. the layers of gases that surround the air
- 2. one of the things plants need for photosynthesis
- 4. the ecosystem comprising the entire earth and the living organisms that inhabit it
- 7. water found beneath Earth's surface
- 9. process in which water moves from the oceans to the air to the ground and finally back to the oceans
- 10. Fuel, such as wood, coal, or oil, burned to useful heat or power; fuels that are made of hardened remains or traces of animals or plants
- 11. the process in which water turns from a liquid to a gas
- 12. the process in which plants make food from
- 17. the most abundant supply of nitrogen
