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Water Crisis Vocabulary - Mr. Boggan

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Scarcity

a)

to make impure or dirty

b)

in short supply

c)

using more resources than can be replaced

d)

not able to be changed, reversed or recovered

2.

global

a)

worldwide

b)

an illness or sickness

c)

an underground water supply

d)

poor, in a state of poverty

3.

overconsumption

a)

to make impure by adding something harmful or unwanted

b)

a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply

c)

long term goals

d)

using more resources than cab be replaced

4.

contaminate

a)

not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered

b)

measures contributing to cleanliness and good health

c)

an illness or sickness

d)

to make impure by adding something harmful or unwanted

5.

aquifers

a)

an underground water supply

b)

maintaining a clean condition in order to promote hygiene and prevent disease

c)

a large or artificial lake used as a source of water supply

d)

suitable for drinking

6.

irrevocable

a)

to make impure or dirty

b)

not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered

c)

poor, in a state of poverty

d)

in short supply

7.

resource

a)

measures contributing to cleanliness and good health

b)

anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants

c)

long term goals

d)

an acute intestinal infection

8.

potable

a)

the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater

b)

to remove salt from

c)

impossible to that that it might happen or exist

d)

suitable for drinking

9.

aims

a)

an illness or sickness

b)

long term goals

c)

to make impure or dirty

d)

an underground water supply

10.

cholera

a)

a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water withing a region is less than that region's demands

b)

measures contributing to cleanliness and good health

c)

an acute intestinal infection

d)

worldwide

11.

disease

a)

an illness or sickness

b)

not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered

c)

suitable for drinking

d)

impossible to think that it might happen or exist

12.

impoverished

a)

to make impure by adding something harmful or unwanted

b)

poor, in a state of poverty

c)

to remove the salt from

d)

a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand

13.

desalinate

a)

suitable for drinking

b)

using more resources than can be replaced

c)

the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater

d)

to remove the salt from

14.

water crisis

a)

an illness or sickness

b)

maintaining a clean condition in order to promote hygiene and prevent disease

c)

a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand

d)

an acute intestinal infection

15.

sanitation

a)

in short supply

b)

the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater

c)

maintaining a clean condition in order to promote hygiene and prevent disease

d)

using more resources than can be replaced

16.

purification

a)

anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants

b)

a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand

c)

the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater

d)

suitable for drinking

17.

unimaginable

a)

poor, in a state of poverty

b)

an underground water supply

c)

not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered

d)

impossible to think that it might happen or exist

18.

reservoirs

a)

a large or artificial lake used as a source of water supply

b)

anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants

c)

an underground water supply

d)

to remove the salt from

19.

pollute

a)

an acute intestinal infection

b)

to make impure by adding something harmful or unwanted

c)

to make impure or dirty

d)

a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand

20.

hygiene

a)

maintaining a clean condition in order to promote hygiene and prevent disease

b)

measures contributing to cleanliness and good health

c)

using more resources than can be replaced

d)

the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater