Biogeochemical Cycles

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Across
  1. 3. organism that converts nitrates back into nitrogen gas
  2. 4. process where water enters another body of water
  3. 7. water that is absorbed into the ground
  4. 9. where the most carbon is stored
  5. 10. process where snow turns directly into water vapor
  6. 12. converts nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into ammonium
  7. 13. converts nitrates into nitrogen gas
  8. 14. organism that converts nitrogen gas into ammonium
  9. 15. process where water is taken into the atmosphere
  10. 17. organism that converts ammonium into nitrates
  11. 18. process where plants lose water through their leaves
  12. 20. converts ammonium into nitrates/ nitrites
  13. 21. place where a substance is held/ accumulates
  14. 22. process where water vapor turns back into liquid water
Down
  1. 1. process of water falling from the atmosphere
  2. 2. movement of a substance from abiotic to biotic factors
  3. 4. movement of a substance from biotic to abiotic factors
  4. 5. process where organisms take in oxygen and glucose and release carbon dioxide and water
  5. 6. substance that limits the growth rate of an organism
  6. 8. process where water is absorbed into the ground
  7. 11. key component in all living things
  8. 16. process where plants take in carbon dioxide and water and release oxygen and make glucose
  9. 19. atmosphere is made of 78% of this