VOCABULARY MAKENZI CONNER – BOBBY SCUDERI – ARIEL GARDNER

ABYSSAL DEFINITION relating to or denoting the depths or bed of the ocean, especially between about 10,000 and 20,000 feet (3,000 and 6,000 m) down. EXAMPLE

BACKGROUND EXTINCTION DEFINITION also known as 'normal extinction rate', refers to the standard rate of extinction in earth's geological and biological history before humans became a primary contributor to extinctions. EXAMPLE

BATHYAL DEFINITION of or relating to the zone of the sea between the continental shelf and the abyssal zone. EXAMPLE

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION DEFINITION an umbrella term describing the complete process by which habitat loss results in the division of large, continuous habitats into a greater number of smaller patches of lower total area, isolated from each other by a matrix of dissimilar habitats, and is not just the pattern of spatial. EXAMPLE

INLAND WETLAND(S) DEFINITION land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land. EXAMPLE

INTERTIDAL ZONE DEFINITION also known as the foreshore and seashore and sometimes referred to as the littoral zone, is the area that is above water at low tide and under water at high tide (in other words, the area between tide marks). EXAMPLE

RAIN SHADOW EFFECT DEFINITION The region is mostly arid due to the rain shadow effect from the surrounding mountain ranges. Without another source of moisture, rain shadow deserts are formed on the far side of these mountains. rain shadow deserts are created by prevailing winds that reach a mountain range. EXAMPLE

RANGELAND(S) DEFINITION open country used for grazing or hunting animals. EXAMPLE

RIPARIAN ZONES DEFINITION area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the fifteen terrestrial biomes of the earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks are called riparian vegetation, characterized by hydrophilic plants. EXAMPLE