Vocabulary
What is a DECADE?
a 10 year period of time
Who won the contest in the folktale Rain and Fire?
Rain
Name TWO of the crops that failed during the 2014 drought in China.
coffee, corn, soybeans, rubber, wheat, sugarcane
What part of speech names a person, place or thing? And, give an example.
Noun
Use the correct form of the verb: EAT
At the park, I was _______ popcorn.
Define REGION
A large area of a country or the world
Name two CAUSES of droughts that we read about.
Give an example of how a drought in one region, can affect other regions.
A drought can raise prices of products and/or make products unavailable
What does PLURAL mean when it's referring to a noun?
It means two or more of something.
Use the correct form of the verb: CONTAMINATE
The spilled oil was ____________ the lake.
contaminating
If something is very harsh, it is ___________.
severe
About how many people died in the famine in Africa in 2011-2012?
Between 50,000 and 250,000
What's an ADJECTIVE?
A word that describes a noun.
Use the correct form of the verb: AFFECT
Last week, the creeks were ___________ by the huge amounts of rain that fell.
affected
What word means to use something in a careful way so it won't run out?
We read about five places that experienced severe droughts. Name FOUR of the five.
US Southwest, Brazil, Spain, Africa, China
One cause of drought in the article "Drought Report" was "High Demand." What does that mean?
It means that there are a lot of people on the planet who need freshwater.
What is a COMPOUND word?
A word that can be broken into two smaller words.
Use the correct form of the verb: STORE
The reservoir ___________ water for emergency use.
stores
What is a NATURAL RESOURCE and give an example.
A natural resource is something humans use that is provided by the earth.
Examples: water, trees, fossil fuels, land, etc
Name two EFFECTS of drought that we read about.
famine, refugees (people needing to leave their homes), disease
What is an INFERENCE and what two things is it based on?
An inference is an educated guess that includes thinking about what you've READ and what you already KNOW (prior knowledge).
What is a PREFIX? And, give an example of a word with a prefix.
A prefix is a word part that is added to the beginning of a base or root word.
Use the correct form of the verb: CONSERVE
It's important to keep ___________ water even when there is not a drought.
conserving