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Across
  1. 1. one of the largest dead zones
  2. 3. process plants use to convert light energy into chemical energy
  3. 4. the introduction of substances or energy into the natural environment in amounts or concentrations that can be harmful for living organisms
  4. 9. a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, harms marine life
  5. 11. when a solid gains enough energy and particles slide past each other forming a liquid
  6. 12. the energy carrier, key component of water and energy transfer in cells
  7. 13. process of making an area more urban, increases carbon emissions due to energy consumption and transportation
  8. 15. Circulates life's backbone
  9. 20. atom and molecule and physically separated
  10. 21. the movement of chemicals between living organisms and the physical enviornment
  11. 25. key component in RNA, DNA, and ATP. forms the framework of the cell membrane
  12. 26. a body of sediment that holds ground water
  13. 27. crops grown to protect and improve the soil rather than for harvestcompost
  14. 28. Gives structure to proteins
  15. 29. essential for respiration & energy production, a part of water
  16. 30. energy a object possesses due to its motion
  17. 32. A direct transition from gas to solid
  18. 33. particles packed closely and move around each other
  19. 34. energy created from things like solar power and wind
  20. 39. particles are tightly packed and vibrate in fixed motion
  21. 41. a chemical bonding making 2 atoms combine
  22. 43. areas of little to no oxygen where organisms die without oxygen
  23. 45. a blend of 2 or more substances
  24. 46. atoms or molecules and everything is mixed evenly
  25. 48. anything that has mass and occupies space
  26. 49. the process of replanting an area with trees
  27. 52. most carbon is stored as this, mostly stored in the atmosphere
  28. 53. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
  29. 54. a direct transition from a solid to a gas
  30. 55. the process in which nitrogen moves through both living and non-living things
  31. 56. the building blocks of life
  32. 57. when a liquid gains energy and it causes particles to move farther apart which then causes it to turn into a gas
  33. 58. What decomposers do in the soil produce as they feed on organic material
  34. 59. produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial agents
  35. 60. precipitation that does not seep into soil and instead flows on earths surface
  36. 61. building proteins and nucleic acids, a component of nitrohenous bases in RNA&DNA
  37. 62. the framework of life, backbone of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids
Down
  1. 2. when ecosystems are loaded with too many nutrients
  2. 5. The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels
  3. 6. act as carbon sinks, storing carbon in plant biomass and soil
  4. 7. the genetic blueprint of living organisms
  5. 8. earth's hydration system
  6. 10. the downward movement of water through the soil and porous rock to reach groundwater
  7. 14. affects the carbon cycle by releasing carbon dioxide and methane through livestock and land clearing
  8. 16. formed when carbon is absorbed by the ocean
  9. 17. particles are far apart and move freely
  10. 18. a major greenhouse gas
  11. 19. the process by which cells derive energy from glucose
  12. 22. humans burn these and they have a major impact on the carbon cycle
  13. 23. practice of growing different crops in a planned sequence on the same piece of land over successive seasons or years
  14. 24. needed for the body to function properly,a molecule made up of amino acids
  15. 31. Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, contributing to the warming of the planet
  16. 35. a processes removing energy
  17. 36. the preparation of land for growing crops
  18. 37. earth's largest reservoir of water
  19. 38. one type of atom or molecule, cannot be physically seperated
  20. 40. one type of atom on the periodic table
  21. 42. when a liquid loses energy which allows the particles to go into a set position creating a solid
  22. 44. Substances added to soil or plants to make them grow better, often containing important nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus
  23. 47. how water moves from the environment to plants
  24. 50. the action of clearing a wide area of trees
  25. 51. when a gas loses energy which causes the particles to move slower creating a liquid