SOAR-High Earth System Science                Name _____________________  Date _________
The Carbon Cycle:   Vocabulary


Write a definition for each word.  Express the meaning in your own words (no copy and paste).  Choose meanings for the words as related to systems and the carbon cycle.   Ask your teacher if you are not sure about which meaning to choose.

reservoir -

sink -

burning -

degassing -

dissolution -

lithification -

photosynthesis -

respiration -

upwelling -

decomposition -

weathering -

consumer -

carbonate -

organic -