Cycles of Nature

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Across
  1. 4. Water that infiltrates the soil and collects underground.
  2. 6. the process where water vapor cools and returns to a liquid.
  3. 8. Water that falls to the earth as sleet, snow, hail, or rain
  4. 11. When liquid water is heated by the sun and turns into a vapor (gas)
  5. 12. After millions of years of plants dying and decaying, ____ was formed. Today, we use this as a fossil fuel for energy.
  6. 13. Animals return nitrogen to the soil through _______ (like cow manure!) and decay.
Down
  1. 1. True or False- Water can be created in the water cycle
  2. 2. What is the main source of energy in the water cycle?
  3. 3. a body of water such as an ocean, river, or lake.
  4. 5. Plants use carbon ______ sunlight, and water to make sugar.
  5. 7. are absorbed by plants through the soil in the Nitrogen cycle.
  6. 9. the element that all living things are made of
  7. 10. This is the most abundant gas is the atmosphere (about 78%)