Carbon Cycle Processes & Earth Spheres

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Across
  1. 4. The process by which plants capture carbon in the form of carbon dioxide and create sugars
  2. 5. farming of cattle that releases carbon in to the atmosphere, especially in the form of methane
  3. 8. a scientific term for breathing and animal metabolism which releases carbon dioxide in to the atmosphere
  4. 10. atmospheric carbon is trapped in the ocean
  5. 11. all the gases surrounding the Earth
  6. 12. the name given to a location which traps and stores a lot of carbon
  7. 14. the process of moving carbon between the atmosphere and the hydrosphere
  8. 16. a type of gas which can trap heat in the atmosphere
  9. 17. a process by which coal, oil and gas are used, releasing carbon dioxide in to the atmosphere
  10. 18. fungus, bacteria and worms break down organic matter and release carbon in to the soil
Down
  1. 1. the name given to organic material which sinks and collects at the bottom of the ocean
  2. 2. sea creatures capture carbon and store it by using it to make their shells
  3. 3. the sphere comprised of all the water on Earth
  4. 6. Dead animals are trapped beneath layers of Earth, trapping carbon in the lithosphere
  5. 7. the sphere which comprises the earth surface, soil and crust
  6. 9. all living things on Earth
  7. 13. the removal of tress and plants for land which reduces the Earth's ability to capture atmospheric carbon
  8. 15. animals consume plants and other animals, moving the carbon between these locations