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ES-Cycles and Succession

Across
Type of community that has reached a stable stage of ecological succession
Cycle that does not cycle nutrients into the atmosphere
Type of bacteria responsible for helping convert atmospheric nitrogen into usable form
Water found below earth's surface
Water vapor released from plants
Animals and plants release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
Type of succession that occurs when a previous ecosystem existed but has since been disturbed
Water rolling down soil into the ground/rocks
Type of succession that occurs when no ecosystem previously existed
A series of predictable changes that occur in an ecosystem overtime
Breaks down dead organisms and release carbon dioxide into atmosphere and carbon into the soil
Down
First organism to appear during succession
Burning of fossil fuels and release carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Plants take in carbon dioxide and use it to make sugar
Water changes from a gas to a liquid
Photosynthetic fungus that is usually the first organism to inhabit an area during primary succession
Responsible for breaking atmospheric nitrogen bonds helping to make it into a usable form
Liquid Water moves back to atmosphere and becomes a gas
Water moves from atmosphere to land and oceans-rain, snow, sleet, hail