Cycles of Matter

3. A form of nonrenewable energy that contains carbon. (2 words)
5. Another name for the water cycle.
8. When plants lose water through their leaves.
9. Electrical energy in the atmosphere that can fix nitrogen.
10. A type of plant that contains nitrogen fixing bacteria in its roots.
12. A place where carbon is stored for long periods of time. (2 words)
13. The only wat carbon from the non-living environment can become part of something living.
14. Nitrogen is needed to make amino acids--> protein--> _____.
15. When precipitation flows across Earth's surface into another body of water.
16. When carbon is release into the soil form the remains of dead plants and animals.
17. A type of bacteria that converts nitrogen into a useable form (2 words)

1. The release of carbon by burning fossil fuels.
2. A process in which animals and plants take Glucose and and break it down into ATP. (2 words)
4. carbon The cycle that involves the movement of nitrogen from living things to the environment and back.
6. The cycle that involves the movement of carbon from living things to the environment and back.
7. When water vapor in the atmosphere cools down and collects forming clouds.
11. Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.