Water Scarcity Vocabulary
Across
- 6. Resources that will virtually always exist.They do not need to be replenished in order to be used.
- 8. A longer than usual (or expected) period of time during which there is very little or no rain.
- 12. an underground layer of rock or sand that can absorb and hold water.
- 13. Able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed.
- 15. A scarcity of food.
- 16. To remove salt from something, such as water.
Down
- 1. To make impure by adding something harmful or unwanted.
- 2. Countries with a high standard of living, more technological advancements, less education, more government stability.
- 3. to protect something from harm or destruction.
- 4. Waste material that is carried away in pipes.
- 5. Land suitable for farming.
- 7. A very small supply or shortage.
- 9. Countries in which the economy is shifting its emphasis from agriculture to industry.
- 10. The watering of land by artificial means.
- 11. an organic (not man-made), natural resource that can replenish in due time. This is either through biological reproduction or other natural processes.
- 13. The process of keeping places free from dirt, infection, disease by removing waste.
- 14. Very dry; having little rain or water.