APES Chapter 3 Vocab Flashcards

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