Water and Carbon Cycle

4. The term given to bacteria and fungi which break down dead and waste material.
8. The process by which water evaporates from plant leaves.
9. A chemical process that releases carbon dioxide and energy.
10. A solid form of water.
11. This process allows carbon dioxide to be converted into carbon-containing compounds in plants.
13. Animals gain carbon compounds by doing this.

1. This human activity involves removing large areas of pant life from earth.
2. Burning of fossil fuels is known as this.
3. Rain, sleet, snow or hail.
5. The carbon-containing compound that plants make using light energy.
6. Process by which water is converted by the sun from liquid on earth into vapour.
7. What happens as the water vapour rises and it meets cooler air.
12. Fossil fuels form when this process does not take place.