Across
- 2. a source of phosphorus in water comes from what?
- 7. mining and burning of fossil fuels, cleaning of land, use fertilizers these are examples of what classification?
- 9. too much phosphorus in water leads to what?
- 10. what nutrient is contained mostly in rocks and minerals?
- 13. what is within each of the cycles water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus?
- 14. what is the process in which element, chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another?
- 15. animals use oxygen in the process of what to make more co2?
- 16. higher organisms use nitrogen to make what?
- 17. phosphorus is an essential for life it makes up important chemicals like what?
- 19. what do humans add into the ground which runs into water?
- 20. animal waste decay by the action of bacteria which creates what?
Down
- 1. what special bacteria can directly use nitrogen in out atmosphere and fix it so other organisms can benefit?
- 3. what do plants use co2 to make sugar and oxygen in the process of what?
- 4. what is the main regulator of co2 in the atmosphere because co2 dissolves easily in it?
- 5. what is the process of bacteria in soil breaking down the ammonia into the gaseous form of nitrogen?
- 6. what made up of 78% nitrogen gas?
- 8. every what needs nutrients to carry out life functions?
- 11. what is another natural source for co2
- 12. phosphorus in soils can be washed away into what?
- 18. what is the chemical substance that an organism needs to sustain life?
