Carbon Cycle

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Across
  1. 5. It can form stable bonds with many elements and makes up the backbone of major
  2. 7. The carbon cycle is nature's way of recycling carbon
  3. 9. Carbon is known as the element of
  4. 10. Fungi and bacteria decompose dead organisms & organic waste, releasing organic compounds and CO2
  5. 11. Organism within the water that helps with the cycle according to one image from notes
  6. 12. Fossilization turns into this
  7. 13. Under specific conditions, dead organisms can fossilize over thousands and millions of years and can form fossil fuels.
Down
  1. 1. Animals and plants use aerobic cellular respiration to release energy for biological processes. This also releases carbon dioxide.
  2. 2. Another term for sugar
  3. 3. Plants and algae take in carbon dioxide and convert it into glucose using sunlight and water.
  4. 4. COmbustion releases a vast amount of ____ into the atmosphere
  5. 6. is the foundation for all life on Earth.
  6. 8. The burning of fossil fuels is known as
  7. 9. Carbohydrates, proteins, _____ and nucleic acids.