biochemical puxxle

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Across
  1. 6. water that collects on the surface of the ground.
  2. 7. conversion of a substance from the solid to the gaseous state without its becoming liquid.
  3. 8. the process of turning from liquid into vapor.
  4. 9. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock
  5. 10. a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas
  6. 13. Cycle the series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition
  7. 15. the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.
  8. 17. a colorless, odorless unreactive gas that forms about 78 percent of the earth's atmosphere
Down
  1. 1. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
  2. 2. a poisonous, combustible nonmetal which exists in two common allotropic forms
  3. 3. cycle the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment
  4. 4. the chemical element of atomic number 6
  5. 5. the loss or removal of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds.
  6. 11. The process by which bacteria in soil and water oxidize ammonia and ammonium ions and form nitrites and nitrates
  7. 12. the exhalation of water vapor through the stomata.
  8. 14. cycle the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land
  9. 16. a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air