Year 5. Unit 1. Water
Across
- 2. The people in the desert who travel from one oasis to another with their herds.
- 5. Where does the cactus store water?
- 6. A seasonal wind pattern that brings heavy rains to certain regions, especially in South Asia.
- 7. Driest places on Earth.
- 9. The important underground part of plants.
- 11. The largest hot desert in the world.
- 13. A hill of sand piled up by the wind.
- 14. What percentage of the world is tropical rainforest?
- 15. what is the main natural supplier of salt to the ocean?
- 17. Most important gas for living things.
- 20. Tropical rainforest are found between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of...
- 22. Is any area in a desert that has a supply of freshwater and where plants can therefore grow.
- 24. The process when salt is removed from the seawater.
- 26. Unwanted or unusable materials that are discarded.
- 28. A bacterial infection caused by contaminated water or food, leading to severe diarrhea and dehydration, and can be fatal if not treated promptly.
- 29. Part of camel body that stores fat.
- 30. Used water that goes from every building by big pipes to the treatment plant.
- 31. What is the gas that is used on a treatment plant to kill germs?
- 33. The deep hole that people dig to get water.
- 34. A large, desert-dwelling mammal known for its humps.
- 35. The watering of land to make it ready for agriculture.
Down
- 1. A gas produced by burning fossil fuels.
- 3. Is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.
- 4. Wood that has been processed for use in building and carpentry, often harvested from forests.
- 8. A facility where water is cleaned and purified to make it safe for drinking.
- 10. A barrier constructed across a river or stream to control the flow of water.
- 12. An organization or activity that helps those in need, often through donations of money, goods, or services.
- 16. What is the mountain with a crater?
- 18. A spherical model representing the Earth, showing continents, oceans, and other geographic features.
- 19. What continent is Gobi Desert in?
- 21. A person who has been forced to leave their home country due to war, persecution, or natural disasters.
- 23. A large, slow-moving mass of ice formed from compacted layers of snow, found in polar regions and high mountains.
- 24. Long period of dry weather.
- 25. Layer of minerals and organic material that covers much of Earth's surface.
- 27. Which continent has the largest area of tropical rainforest?
- 32. What are the five largest bodies of water called?