Across
- 2. The movement of oxygen from the atmosphere into living organisms and back to the atmosphere.
- 4. dead organisms are decomposed by organisms such as bacteria and fungi.
- 6. when nitrogen cycles through the environment
- 7. When water leaves the Earth, and enters the atmosphere as a gas called water vapor
- 10. takes oxygen from the atmosphere and releases carbon dioxide
Down
- 1. the movement of carbon from the atmosphere into living organisms, then into the Earth, and then back to the atmosphere again
- 3. fuels such as gasoline, oil, and coal contain large amounts of carbon
- 5. When plants and algae remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make glucose and release oxygen back into the atmosphere.
- 8. The water in the clouds eventually returns to the Earth by falling.
- 9. When water vapor cools and becomes a liquid again
