Across
- 6. When liquid water becomes water vapor
- 7. A series of events that keep repeating
- 9. A cycle inside of a main cycle
- 10. How water is transported all over the world
- 12. Scientist who studies minerals
- 13. Rock formed when sediment becomes compacted and cemented
- 14. The exchange of carbon between systems found on Earth
- 16. Rock formed by cooled magma or lava
- 17. A cycle where what leaves at the start of the cycle will return back to the start
- 21. Water that keeps going down into the ground to find an aquifer or lake
- 22. Water is absorbed by the land; some of it stays near the surface
- 23. When water vapor condenses into a cloud
- 24. When the amount of water droplets becomes too heavy and is released from the cloud
- 25. How rocks are broken down through weathering and erosion into minerals
- 26. An area where all of the oxygen has been used by overgrown algae and the plants and animals die
Down
- 1. The exchange of nitrogen between systems found on Earth
- 2. Bacteria converting nitrogen to a usable form
- 3. Minerals that are required for life
- 4. The exchange of oxygen between systems found on Earth
- 5. A cycle where components of the cycle are “lost” along the way
- 8. Rock formed high temperature and pressure
- 11. Explains how the 3 basic types of rocks are related and how each is transformed from one kind to another
- 15. Scientist who studies the geosphere
- 18. When there is too much water that cannot infiltrate and water runs across the surface of the land
- 19. Extra water is released through the pores of a leaf
- 20. Gas that traps solar heat on Earth