Vocab 1
Drought
a water shortage
How can you conserve water?
Take shorter showers, use less water
Factor
What is precipitation?
Rain and snow
Who won the contest in Rain and Fire?
Rain
Contaminated
made dirty by adding something harmful
What are some effects of drought?
Famine, refugees, disease, and death
Affect
to cause something to change
How do humans contaminate water?
Putting sewage, garbage, and harmful chemicals in the water
What is a folktale?
A story passed down generations, usually with magic
Access
ability to have or get something
What are some causes of drought?
Not enough rain, changes in climate, water quality, high demand
a large area of a country or the world
What things contaminate water?
Germs, parasites, chemicals, and more
Recycle
to make something new from something old
Conserve
to use something carefully so you don't run out
How many people die from lack of clean water each year?
3.4 million
Particular
referring to a specific item or thing
What US state was at risk of experiencing a drought? (from the video)
California
Destroy
to ruin something
Famine
a shortage of food
What percent of earth's surface does water cover?
70%
Impact
the effect of one thing on another thing
What were the huge dust storms in Oklahoma called?
The Dust Bowl
Final