Across
- 1. cycle in which its reservoir is the air or the oceans
- 7. subsurface reservoir of fresh water
- 8. part of the sedimentary cycle where other salts deposit out as sediment and rock in shallow seas
- 10. another term for living things
- 14. product of condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls on the ground
- 15. used in agriculture, which are then washed into lakes, streams, and rivers surface runoff
- 17. the main oxygen generators of the biosphere
- 18. water inside living things
- 19. another term for reservoir
- 22. the second most abundant element in organisms
- 23. is a process that takes away mineral components from saline water
- 24. its use had accelerated in the 1800s during the industrial revolution
- 25. converts carbon dioxide gas to organic carbon
- 26. is returned to soil or water through decomposition of biomass or excretion by consumers
- 27. a place where something is kept in store
- 29. the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation through aerial parts
Down
- 2. process of frozen water to water vapor by solar energy
- 3. is second only to nitrogen in abundance among uncombined elements in the atmosphere
- 4. the area of the Earth where water movement and storage occur
- 5. process of liquid water to water vapor by solar energy
- 6. cycle in which its reservoir is the Earth’s crust
- 9. a worlwide, major environmental concern caused by the excessive amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
- 11. essential element for the molecules of living things
- 12. characterized by excessive plant and algal growth
- 13. contain 97.5% of water in the biosphere
- 16. cycles between the oceans, land, and atmosphere
- 20. process of water vapor into clouds
- 21. is a process of which sulfur is falling directly from the atmosphere
- 23. the process when bacteria converts the nitrates into oxygen gas
- 28. enters the living world through free-living and symbiotic bacteria