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WorksheetsWater Crisis Vocabulary - Mr. Boggan
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Scarcity
to make impure or dirty
in short supply
using more resources than can be replaced
not able to be changed, reversed or recovered
global
worldwide
an illness or sickness
an underground water supply
poor, in a state of poverty
overconsumption
to make impure by adding something harmful or unwanted
a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
long term goals
using more resources than cab be replaced
contaminate
not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered
measures contributing to cleanliness and good health
an illness or sickness
to make impure by adding something harmful or unwanted
aquifers
an underground water supply
maintaining a clean condition in order to promote hygiene and prevent disease
a large or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
suitable for drinking
irrevocable
to make impure or dirty
not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered
poor, in a state of poverty
in short supply
resource
measures contributing to cleanliness and good health
anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants
long term goals
an acute intestinal infection
potable
the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater
to remove salt from
impossible to that that it might happen or exist
suitable for drinking
aims
an illness or sickness
long term goals
to make impure or dirty
an underground water supply
cholera
a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water withing a region is less than that region's demands
measures contributing to cleanliness and good health
an acute intestinal infection
worldwide
disease
an illness or sickness
not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered
suitable for drinking
impossible to think that it might happen or exist
impoverished
to make impure by adding something harmful or unwanted
poor, in a state of poverty
to remove the salt from
a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand
desalinate
suitable for drinking
using more resources than can be replaced
the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater
to remove the salt from
water crisis
an illness or sickness
maintaining a clean condition in order to promote hygiene and prevent disease
a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand
an acute intestinal infection
sanitation
in short supply
the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater
maintaining a clean condition in order to promote hygiene and prevent disease
using more resources than can be replaced
purification
anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants
a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand
the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater
suitable for drinking
unimaginable
poor, in a state of poverty
an underground water supply
not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered
impossible to think that it might happen or exist
reservoirs
a large or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants
an underground water supply
to remove the salt from
pollute
an acute intestinal infection
to make impure by adding something harmful or unwanted
to make impure or dirty
a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand
hygiene
maintaining a clean condition in order to promote hygiene and prevent disease
measures contributing to cleanliness and good health
using more resources than can be replaced
the process by which pollutants are removed from wastewater
