VOCABULARY - GLOBAL SCHOLARS

A large amount of water on the earth’s surface such as a lake, river, pond, or ocean.

• Climate change

• Water security

• Body of water

A way to use or get something.

• Equitable

• Mitigate

• Access

A change in typical climate patterns over a long period of time.

• Climate change

• Pollution

• Strategy

A group of living and non-living things that interact in a physical environment.

• Ecosystem

• Water system

• Audit

Protecting or using something carefully so that there will be enough of it later.

• Advocate

• Mitigate

• Conserve

Water people can access and access that will not harm them.

• Indirect water

• Safe water

• Water footprint

 Any harmful material that can make water, soil, or air unsafe.

• Equitable

• Pollution

• Survey

A list of questions created to learn about a certain issue.

• Perspective

• Economy

• Survey

The process of water moving between ocean, sky, and land.

• Global water cycle

• Water security

• Groundwater

The amount of water that is used by a person or to make a product.

• Water footprint

• Water system

• Indirect water