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biology 11.2 Recycling Matter

Across
interconnected pathways through which nitrogen is recycled through the biotic and abiotic components of the biosphere
process in which ice and snow change directly to water vapor
process in which plants give off water vapor from photosynthesis through tiny pores, called stomata, in their leaves
interconnected pathways through which water or a chemical element such as carbon is continuously recycled through the biotic and abiotic components of the biosphere
precipitation that falls on land and flows over the surface of the ground
part of a biogeochemical cycle that holds an element or water for a long period of time
process in which liquid water changes to water vapor
part of a biogeochemical cycle that holds an element or water for a short period of time
Down
interconnected pathways through which water is recycled through the biotic and abiotic components of the biosphere
water that falls from clouds in the atmosphere to Earth’s in the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail, or freezing rain
process of changing nitrogen gas to nitrates that is carried out by nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil or in the roots of legumes
water that exists in the ground either in the soil or in rock layers below the surface
process in which water vapor changes to tiny droplets of liquid water
interconnected pathways through which carbon is recycled through the biotic and abiotic components of the biosphere
underground layer of rock that stores water