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| 9762830924 | abyssal | the area of the sea that is below 4000 feet |  | 0 |
| 9762830925 | background extinction | the rate a species would have become extinct before human involvement |  | 1 |
| 9762830926 | bathyl | the area of the sea from 1000 feet deep to 4000 feet deep |  | 2 |
| 9762830927 | benthos | the plant and animal life found on the seafloor |  | 3 |
| 9762830928 | clear-cutting | a method of harvesting trees where every tree is cut down from an area |  | 4 |
| 9762830929 | climate | the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time |  | 5 |
| 9762830930 | Coriolis Effect | the earth's rotation affects whether the winds are deflected clockwise (northern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (southern hemisphere) |  | 6 |
| 9762830931 | cultural eutrophication | the speeding up of eutrophication by human activity |  | 7 |
| 9762830932 | currents | how water or air move in a specific direction |  | 8 |
| 9762830933 | dissolved oxygen | the amount of oxygen gas dissolved in water |  | 9 |
| 9762830934 | El Niño | a pattern of climate changes that occurs every few years, usually signaled by the warming of ocean water |  | 10 |
