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- If there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it for the people who need it.
- A rising population means that the number people living in a place is becoming larger and larger.
- The restoration of something is the process of returning something to how it used to be.
- Ecosystems are all the plants and animals that live in a particular area together.
- If you step up something, you make it bigger or more effective.
Assignment
1. Fill in the missing numbers.
a …….. percent of water on earth is salty.
b …….. percent of water on earth is frozen freshwater.
c …….. percent of water on earth is available for all the people living on earth.
2. What is water scarcity?
a The danger of drinking unclean water.
b The main cause of pandemics, because people do not wash their hands.
c When people have difficulties getting fresh water for at least one month a year.
d When people only drink water for at least one month a year.
3. Water scarcity has been getting worse. Why? Select all correct items.
a Rising population.
b Hitting people.
c Stricter hygiene rules.
d More pollution.
e Climate change.
f Extreme droughts.
4. What can we doe to fix the state of water? Select all correct answers.
a Hold a water conference each year.
b Water conservation.
c Spend billions of dollars to inform people.
d Better water recycling technology.
e Restoration of ecosystems.
f Stop flying.
g Fight harder against climate change.
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