Water fight: nouns
The weather patterns in an area over several years.
What is CLIMATE?
to use something in a careful way so that it won't run out.
"One way to ______ water is by turning off the faucet when you brush your teeth."
What is CONSERVE?
Enough for a specific need.
What is ADEQUATE?
What is the vocabulary word for VERY HARSH?
"One type of _______ weather I have experienced is a thunderstorm."
What is SEVERE?
To cause something to change.
What is AFFECT?
The physical surroundings that plants, animals, and humans live in.
What is the ENVIRONMENT?
to use up so that there is little left
"If we ______ our water supply, we may cause a shortage."
What is DEPLETE?
Made polluted by adding something harmful.
What is CONTAMINATED?
to happen
"Most conversations with friends _______ at lunch."
What is OCCUR?
To use something in a careful way so that it won't run out.
What is CONSERVE?
Something found in nature that humans need and use.
What is a NATURAL RESOURCE?
a way to supply water to land or crops
"Good ______ is critical for healthy plants and farmland."
What is IRRIGATION?
Urgent, or having terrible consequences.
What is DIRE?
Enough for a specific purpose/needs
"What is an ________ amount of sleep for you to get each night?"
What is Adequate?
To ruin something.
What is DESTROY?
A natural or human-made lake where water is stored.
What is a RESERVOIR?
to provide what is needed to continue doing something
"Athletes need water to ______ them during a race."
What is SUSTAIN?
Very Harsh
What is SEVERE?
Occurring in a repeating pattern, passing back and forth from one state, place, or action to another
"Warmer ocean temperature cause an ______ pattern of increased rainfall and extreme heat and drought."
What is ALTERNATING?
To happen.
What is OCCUR?
The continuous movement of water between earth and sky.
What is the WATER CYCLE?
describing a cause that is not the most important one
"A drought might not might have an ______ impact on me if prices of fruits and vegetables rise."
What is INDIRECT
Happening over a large area or to many people.
What is WIDESPREAD?
1.)What is the vocabulary word for "when a series of events is repeated"?
The climate is affected by _________ changes in the surface temperature of the oceans.
2.)What part of the sentence is the word? noun, adjective, verb, adverb?
What is Cyclical?
Adjective
To make something new from something old.
What is RECYCLE?