Drought

How Drought Affects Us

Week 4

Drought.unl.edu/kids/index.htm Instructions: Read article through and use the text to answer the questions. 1) What do people usually think of when they hear the words “Natural disasters?” _____________________________________________________________________. 2) Is drought a sudden occurrence? _________ Explain: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________. 3) When does drought happen? _____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. 4) True of false? Drought is a disaster that does not cost our country money. __________ 5) How is water an important part of so many of our activities? _____________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. 6) Explain how droughts impact is direct and indirect. Give an example. ____________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. 7) What is the term often given to the chain reaction of drought impact? _____________. 8) What industry might benefit from drought? __________________________________.

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9) Explain the tree categories of drought types: Business:________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. Environmental:___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. Social:__________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. 10) Listed under the three categories or groups of drought impact are things that happen during a drought. Pick two from each heading that you think would happen to you or your family during a drought in this region. Business: 1)______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. 2)______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. Environmental: 1)______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. 2)______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. Social: 1)______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. 2)______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________.

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Video: How Drought Works (1:30) howstuffworks.com

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Week 4

A ______________ is simple enough. It’s a ___________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________. But the _____________ of a drought can be ________ _____________. A severe drought can __________________ just about every ____________ _______________ in an area and it can take years to ___________________. Just think about the side ______________ of _____________. You can see _________ they can be so ______________. For example, ________________ are a lot more ___________ in _______ ____________, animals can ________ of _____________, but the biggest ________________ can be ___________, which can ___________ entire ______________ __________________. Drought usually _____________ with a __________ of ___________. In ___________ areas, the lack of rain _______________ can cause ____________ ________________. But in more _________________ areas that use ___________________, the lack of rain must ____________ long enough to _______-_____ the __________ and ____________ And then the _____________ of ___________________. You can also get a drought through ___________ ______________. Imagine an area with a ______________ growing ____________________. If the rain ___________ for even a ___________ period of time, ___________ can _____________ the lakes and then there’s no water for ________________ or _________________. One way to _______________ droughts, therefore, is to ______________ for _________ enough _____________ so that you can ride out the dry periods. There have been droughts in ___________, ______________ and _____________ that have ____________ _________________. The ________________ _______________ in the _________________ was caused by a combination of _______ ____________ and ______________. Half a _____________ ____________ were left ______________.

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