Across
- 3. 25% of the atmosphere carbon dioxide from burnt fossil fuels are absorbed by certain area of _____
- 6. Humans overfishing, destroying habitats and over hunting affects this sphere.
- 10. When plants are ________ the carbon and energy moves up the food chain and gets transferred.
- 11. The atmosphere brings the hydrosphere water up for precipitation. These things also help the water cycle.
- 12. This helps give water to plants and trees.
- 16. Deforestation causes the soil to ______ water way less.
- 17. These are taken by the plant from the soil.
- 18. Tropical deforestation causes 20% of the world’s _______________ emision.
- 19. Through this process humans can put carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Down
- 1. Humans burn this which makes carbon dioxide go into the atmosphere.
- 2. When plants do this, the carbon from them can go back into the ground.
- 4. This causes soil to erode.
- 5. We pump waste into the ocean threatening this sphere.
- 7. Through this process, plants convert the sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into food for itself.
- 8. Deforestation is ___________ destroying forests.
- 9. This thing is pulled from the air when plants do photosynthesis.
- 13. This thing can take in some of the carbon dioxide exhaled for photosynthesis.
- 14. Humans pile up a lot of trash in the land affecting this earth’s sphere.
- 15. If one of the four major spheres does this, the rest will also be affected.