Climate Change

Question 1

Drought

Answer 1

Drought is long rainless periods of time

Question 2

Sahara

Answer 2

Sahara is the largest desert in Africa

Question 3

Sahel

Answer 3

Sahel is an area of land across Africa just south of the Sahara desert

Question 4

Population growth

Answer 4

Population growth is the number of people in area increasing due to high birth rates and improved health care

Question 5

Overgrazed

Answer 5

Overgrazed is when animals eat grass too quickly for the land to recover

Question 6

Over-cultivated

Answer 6

Over-cultivated is the growing and sowing of crops too quickly to allow the land to recover

Question 7

Famine

Answer 7

Famine is when crops fail, people starve and many die

Question 8

Migrate

Answer 8

Migrate is when people move from one place to another

Question 9

Irrigation

Answer 9

Irrigation is the artificial watering of land

Question 10

Drought resistant

Answer 10

Drought resistant is crops that can last long periods of time without water

Question 11

Desertification

Answer 11

Desertification is the process by which land turns into desert