Vocabulary
Something found in nature that humans need
What is a natural resources?
Where can droughts happen?
How can you help reduce your family's water usage every day?
Turning off the water while brushing
turn off water while washing your hands
How can drought impact a clothing manufacturer?
Material is made from animals and plants, which need water to maintain life.
Materials need to be cleaned before making an item of clothing
_____ means polluted by adding something harmful
What is contaminated
Name another natural disaster that could be the result of a drought
forest fires
Explain how sewer water can become drinking water (2 steps)
the sewer water goes to a treatment plant and is decontaminated
that water goes through several filtration systems and tests to make sure it is drinkable
The price of this rose 70% worldwide because of the 2014 drought in this country.
Brazil
Something that is necessary. For example "Water and oxygen are ________ for humans to stay alive."
What is essential?
drought is when there is a lack of rain or snow. What is another word for rain, snow or ice that falls from the sky?
precipitation
What are 2 ways the government could influence water usage?
Fines, restrictions, use more pay more
In the 1930s wind storms and drought destroyed farms in the Great Plains, making it impossible to grow crops. What is the name for this event?
The Dust Bowl
The protection of natural resources, such as water.
What is conservation?
Name 2 ways drought affects farmers
feeding animals, growing crops
A large, human made lake where water is stored is called a ________
reservoir
If drought gets too severe, people may have to leave their homes and relocate to a place in another country. What are those people called?
Refugees
To use something up so there is little left. "One way I ________ my phone's battery is by keeping the screen brightness on high."
What is deplete?
Name 2 causes of drought
Climate change
low precipitation (not a lot of rain)
contaminated water
high demand
Why does buying locally grown produce (vegetables, fruits) help with conservation?
Products have to travel farther when they are from far away, which uses fuel that causes pollution. Greenhouse gasses can impact the climate.
You can have an effect on conservation efforts directly and indirectly. Name one way you can indirectly reduce water use.
recycle, reuse items, buy local