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What is a drought?

• excess flow of water flow over land

• An abnormally low precipitation in a place over time.

• Continuous rainfall

• Falling of water droplets from the sky

Which answers are correct... drought can cause ....

• Poor soil quality

• More wildfires

• Higher water levels

• Lower water levels

A _______ is a very long period of dry weather, when no rain falls for weeks, months or sometimes even years.

• flood

• drought

Many parts of the world have regular droughts every year. These places have a _____ season and a wet season

• dry

• beautiful

People plan for dry periods by ________ water.

• wasting

• storing

_______ have droughts all the time.

• Deserts

• Tropical rainforests

_______ droughts cause the most damage. It doesn’t rain in the wet season, there is no water to store for the dry season.

• Regular

• Unexpected

Droughts cause rivers, lakes, reservoirs and wells to _________.

• flood

• dry up

A long period of drought can cause a famine. A famine is when a large number of people in an area _________enough food to eat.

• do not have

• have

Many babies, children and adults ______ of starvation and diseases.

• survive

• die