Water Issues
The term for a lack of clean, fresh water?
What is water scarcity?
Desertification is_________
What is the spread of desert like conditions into areas that were once fertile
Deforestation is___________
What is the cutting down of forests
Name one type of pollution in Africa or Southwest Asia
What is air pollution, water pollution
Ms. Howard's favorite sport
What is basketball
Major river in Egypt is heavily relied on for water
What is the Nile River
The causes of desertification
What is overgrazing, deforestation, drought, and poor farming practices
One major cause of deforestation in Africa
What is logging, poor farming practices, or using wood for fuel
What is car emissions and factories
People that travel place to place in the desert looking for food and water
What are Nomads
Name one reason rivers in Africa and Southwest Asia are polluted
What is industrial waste, sewage, oil spills, agricultural runoff, human waste
The region of Africa mostly affected by desertification
What is the Sahel
The effect on animals when forests are destroyed
What is animals lose their habitats
A river in China that is affected by water pollution
What is the Yangtze River or Huang He River
The second longest river in Africa
What is the Congo River
Two major rivers in Southwest Asia
What are the Tigris River and Euphrates River
One way to to fight desertification
What is planting trees
Deforestation affects the environment in what way
What is an increases of carbon dioxide in the air and global warming
This river in India is affected by water pollution
What is the Ganges River?
Ms. Howard's favorite NBA team
What is Atlanta Hawks
Seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain
What are monsoons
True or false: Desertification can be reversed
What is true
Region of Africa is affected the most by deforestation
What is the Tropical Rainforest (Congo Basin)
Country in Southern Asia that has the second highest rate of air pollution
What is India
The second largest continent
What is Africa