Vocabulary
"groundwater" is...
- water found underground
- trapped in rocks and soil
True or False? Animals and humans have died due to drought.
True!
- 250,000 people died in Eastern Africa due to starvation
- Livestock in Africa died during a drought that lasted 60 years.
True or False? The "dust bowl" in the 1930s caused people to abandon their homes in the Great Plains region of the United States.
True!
- Long term drought caused the soil to become dehydrated.
- Their homes, farms, and cities became buried in dust.
True or False? Watering your lawn is a good way to help stop a drought.
False
"Unacceptable" means...
A) easily allowed
B) not clear
C) very clear
D) not allowable
D) not allowable
"decline" means...
- to go down
- to become smaller
- decrease
True or False? Global Warming is a major cause of drought.
True!
- Earths temperatures have risen over the past 100 years
- Rainwater evaporates quicker than snow
What crops and plans have been affected by drought? Name at least 2.
- Brazil : Coffee Bean crops died
- Spain : Olive plants failed
True or False? Recycling paper, plastic, cans, or glass bottles can help by using less water.
True!
What will cause water rates to increase?
A) costs of desalination
B) costs of building a desalination plant
C) costs of repairing the environment
D) costs of fines from the government
B) costs of building a desalination plant
- it costs $200 million to build just ONE desalination plant!
"irrigation" is...
- a way to supply water to land or crops
- gets water to plants or animals
How much water is wasted in the United States everyday?
(need to guess within 10 million in order to earn the points)
The United States wastes 32 billion gallons of everyday.
What does a long-term drought lead to?
F _ _ _ _ _
Famine
- shortage of food!
Why do some people think desalination is not a good idea?
- it's too expensive
- it will affect the food chain
What are TWO positive effects of desalination plants?
A) the plants will stop oceans from getting polluted
B) the plants are fueled by solar and wind power
C) the plants move water between different countries
D) the plants can end the need for water conservation
E) the plants are a water source that will not be ruined during droughts
- any combination of these three:
B) the plants are fueled by solar and wind power
D) the plants can end the need for water conservation
E) the plants are a water source that will not be ruined
"widespread" means...
- happening over a large area
- happening to lots of people
- spread out
Some states have restrictions on water usage. Name at least 2 uses of water that they might restrict.
- swimming pools
- watering nonessential crops
- shower lengths
- use of water parks
What happens when people don't have access to clean drinking water and are forced to drink contaminated drinking water?
They get sick, or die
- 3.4 million people around the world die each year from causes related to lack of clean water
What is the best solution to Drought?
A) build desalination plants
B) conserve
C) restrict water to one gallon per person per day
D) make people pay for their water
B) conserve!
- least expensive
- most immediate
What does the United Nations do? (based on Paragraph 1 in Text A)
A) teaches people how to remove salt from water
B) funds desalination projects
C) studies global water use
D) donates water to countries that lack freshwater
C) studies global water use
"severe" means...
- bad
- extreme
- intense
- harsh
List at least 3 causes of drought.
- Low amounts of rainfall
- Changes in Climate / Global Warming
- Contamination of Water / poor quality
- High Demand
Name at least 2 effects of drought.
- Famine
- Refugees (people forced to move)
- Disease / Death
- Increase in Global Warming
- Forest Fires
- Crop Failure
Describe what happens when water is recycled.
- it is cleaned, and re-used
- it goes through a filtering process
- it can be used for other processes (drinking water, flushing toilets, agriculture, industries, etc.)
What is the volume of Earth's water?
332.5 million cubic miles.