Importance of Clean Water/Water Scarcity

What does potable mean?

• Poisonous

• Fit for drinking

• Not fit for drinking

• Easy to move

What does desalination mean?

• The process of reducing the amount of something

• The process of shrinking the size of something

• The process of putting moisture in food

• The process of removing salt from seawater

What is a human right?

• A right that is believed to belong to every person

• A right that shows that humans are better than animals

• A right that is thought to make humans smarter

• A right that is believed to belong to only men

What is open defecation?

• the process of removing salt from seawater

• the protection of things found in nature

• when human feces are disposed of in the fields, forests, bushes, open bodies of water, beaches, and other open spaces

• a system of irrigation (watering) that saves water by allowing water to drip slowly from a hose to the roots of plants.

What is micro drip irrigation?

• the process of removing salt from seawater

• when human feces are disposed of in the fields, bushes, open bodies of water, beaches, and other open spaces

• the protection of things found in nature

• a system of irrigation (watering) that saves water by allowing water to drip slowly from a hose to the roots of plants

What is conservation?

• when someone thinks really hard about something

• keeping your hands and face clean

• the protection of things found in nature

• the use of large amounts of water

Hygiene is __________________

• the practice of creating technology to help move water

• the practice of keeping clean to stay healthy and prevent disease

• the practice of exercising regularly to stay healthy

• the practice of saving water

What is physical water scarcity?

• when there is not enough water to meet our needs

• when something is fit for drinking

• when there is enough water but humans can't access clean water because of financial (money) needs

• when there is too much water which flood crops

What is sanitation?

• the practice of making the public more intelligent

• the protection of things found in nature

• the process of removing salt from seawater

• the practice of keeping the public healthy by providing clean living conditions

What is economic water scarcity?

• when there is not enough water to meet our needs

• when something is fit for drinking

• when there is enough water but humans can't access clean water because of financial (money) needs

• when there is a lack of water that causes land to dry up