Across
- 1. a mineral that makes up 1% of a person's total body weight
- 5. the process in which carbon atoms continually travel from the atmosphere to the Earth and then back into the atmosphere.
- 7. chemical compound with the chemical formula CO₂
- 9. the process of combining, mixing, or filling with nitrogen or one of its compounds
- 11. a chemical element that is the simplest and lightest of all chemical elements
- 14. any body of water above ground, including streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, reservoirs, and creeks
- 15. a repeating cycle of processes during which nitrogen moves through both living and non-living things
- 16. the loss or removal of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds
- 17. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
Down
- 2. any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls to Earth
- 3. A nonmetallic element that exists in its free form as a colorless, odorless gas and makes up about 21 percent of the Earth's atmosphere.
- 4. happens when a liquid turns into a gas
- 6. a biogeochemical cycle that involves the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth
- 8. water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations
- 10. the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers
- 12. a gas that makes up much of the air in Earth's atmosphere
- 13. conversion of a substance from the solid to the gaseous state without its becoming liquid
