Water and the Environment
What is irrigation?
Irrigation is when farmers give water to crops to help them grow.
What is seawater?
Water from the ocean. It is salty and can't be drunk.
What is a drought?
A long time with no rain, which causes water shortages.
What is drinking water?
Water that is safe to drink.
Use although in a sentence about desalination plants.
Although desalination plants are expensive, they give us clean water.
What is one difference between traditional farming and modern farming?
Traditional farming uses rain, but modern farming uses irrigation
What is freshwater?
Freshwater is clean water that can be used for drinking.
Why is water important for farming?
Plants need water to grow.
Why do we need to use water wisely?
Because water is limited, and we need it for many things.
Use while in a sentence about drought.
While there is plenty of water in some places, others suffer from drought.
Why is farming hard during a drought?
Because there is not enough water for the crops.
What do desalination plants do?
They take salt out of seawater to make it drinkable.
Why are desalination plants important?
They provide fresh water where there isn't enough rain.
Why is seawater not good to drink?
Because it has salt and is not safe to drink.
Use whereas in a sentence about seawater and freshwater.
Seawater is salty, whereas freshwater is safe to drink.
What do farmers use wells for?
To get water from the ground.
Why do people dig wells?
To get water from underground.
Do washing machines use a lot of water?
Yes, but new washing machines use less water to save it.
What do farmers use irrigation for?
To water their crops.
Use in order to in a sentence about rainfall.
Farmers rely on rainfall in order to water their crops.
Why do farmers use irrigation systems?
So their crops get water even if it doesn't rain.
What is the difference between rainfall and glaciers?
Rainfall is water that falls from the sky, and glaciers store water in ice.
How do glaciers change because of climate change?
They are melting because of warmer temperatures.
Why are wells important in some areas?
Wells provide water for people to drink and for farming.
Use so that in a sentence about washing machines.
Washing machines use less water so that we can save it.