Across
- 5. works to balance out the carbon cycle
- 6. organisms that break down other organisms
- 7. the layer around the earth made of air
- 8. all these cycles are considered ____ cycles
- 11. when water enters into the soil
- 12. the backbone of life
- 13. the basic element of nature
- 14. main parts of DNA are made of _____
- 16. the process of liquid water becoming a gas
- 18. when water carries nutrients under the surface
- 20. house the ____ effect is causing the warming of the planet
Down
- 1. the process of water falling through rocks and dirt
- 2. has been banned from use in detergents
- 3. the process of elements being moved throughout the earth
- 4. the process living things use to incorporate nitrogen into usable forms
- 9. humans often have a negative ____ on the cycles
- 10. the process of water vapour becoming liquid
- 15. the wearing down of rock through outward forces, often wind and rain
- 17. carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus are considered _____
- 19. amount of light reflected vs amount of light received
