Water Scarcity Vocabulary

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