Ecosystems and the Physical Environment Crossword

The global circulation of carbon from the environment to living organisms and back to the environment
The global circulation of nitrogen from the environment to living organisms and back to the environment
The global circulation of phosphorus from the environment to living organisms and back to the environment
The global circulation of sulfur from the environment to living organisms and back to the environment
The global circulation of water from the environment to living organisms and back to the environment
The proportional reflectance of solar energy from Earth’s surface
The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth’s surface
The layer of the atmosphere found directly above the troposphere
The influence of earths rotation, which tends to turn fluid toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere
Large, circular ocean current systems that often encompass an entire ocean basin
A cycling of alternating warming and cooling of surface waters of the tropical eastern Pacific ocean that affects both ocean and atmospheric circulation patterns
The average weather conditions that occur in a place over a period of years
Dry conditions, often on original scale, that occur on the leeward side of a mountain barrier; the passage of moist air across the mountains removes more of the moisture
The study of the processes which the lithospheric plates move over the asthenosphere
Major surface winds that blow more or less continually