water problems
In the Arabian Desert, this resource is very scarce. People pump it from underground.
What is water?
The Arabian Desert has some of the largest reserves of these two fuels.
What are oil and gas?
Cutting these down for firewood or building can destroy animal habitats.
What are trees and shrubs?
People leaving bottles, cans, and plastic in the desert is called this.
What is littering?
Driving off‑road vehicles over the sand can destroy plants and cause this land problem.
What is erosion?
When people take too much underground water, there is less left for these.
What are wild plants and animals?
These are built to pull oil from deep underground.
What are oil rigs?
When plants are removed, this can start to happen, making it easier for sand and dust to blow away.
What is soil erosion?
Cars and trucks release this into the air, making air quality worse
What is air pollution?
When healthy land turns into desert because of overgrazing and poor farming, it is called this.
What is desertification?
People add these to the soil to grow crops, but they can make the sand too salty.
What are chemicals?
Oil rigs, roads, and pipelines disturb these places where animals live.
What are natural habitats?
Building roads and cities breaks up animal homes, which is called losing this.
What is habitat loss?
Oil spills and leaking fuel can pollute this important desert resource underground.
What is groundwater (or water)?
Climate change can make heat waves and droughts worse, which are part of this global problem.
What is global warming (or climate change)?
When sand or soil gets too salty, this happens to plants.
What can they not grow (or they die)?
When this happens, oil can poison the land and water.
What is an oil spill?
Some animals in the Arabian Desert are at risk of disappearing forever. They are called this.
What are endangered species?
When trash is burned or dumped in the wrong place, harmful this can get into the soil and air.
What are toxins/chemicals?
Construction of roads and buildings often removes this top layer, which is needed for plants to grow.
What is topsoil?
Using too much water and adding chemicals are examples of this kind of problem in the desert.
What is pollution (or human impact)?
Oil drilling and spills are one way humans do this to the Arabian Desert
What is pollute (or harm) the environment?
When non‑native plants or animals are brought to the desert and harm native species, they are called this.
What are invasive species?
Bigger cities in the desert create more of this kind of pollution from lights, cars, and factories.
What is urban pollution?
When sand and dust storms become more common because plants are gone, it is often caused by these two main human actions.
What are overgrazing and deforestation?