Cycles in Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 2. plants which are commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria
  2. 3. nitrifying bacteria turn this into nitrite
  3. 4. the organisms which release ammonia or carbon dioxide from detritus
  4. 6. an animal source of nitrogen
  5. 7. this reduces carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere
  6. 9. a process which releases carbon dioxide out of fossil fuels
  7. 10. this occurs to dead organisms when decay is prevented
  8. 11. how animals and plants release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
  9. 12. the carbon-rich molecule produced during photosynthesis
Down
  1. 1. how water is released from the atmosphere to fall on earth
  2. 4. this reduces the amount of nitrate in the soil
  3. 5. this process releases water vapour from oceans
  4. 8. water vapour can be released from plants by this process