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7th -Unit 1.2 M East
SS7G6 and SS7G7 - Environment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| water | necessary for people and animals to live and crops to grow; most people live close to water supplies, such as rivers or urban areas. |
| desalination | process for removing the salt from salt water to make it suitable for drinking and farming. |
| natural resource | something found in nature and is necessary or useful to humans. |
| extraction | process of taking natural resources out of the ground. |
| oil | largest natural resource in the Middle East. |
| water rights | agreements about how countries can use the water in a region. |
| Dead Sea | lowest point on the earth's surface and has the highest concentration of salt. |
| occupied territory | areas taken from other nations following a war. |
| agriculture | farming; major source of survival in rural (less-developed) areas, such as Afghanistan. |
| irrigation | process of moving water from rivers, lakes, or other water supplies to farms. |
| water pollution | contamination of water bodies, such as rivers, oceans, lakes, and groundwater; caused by humans |
| aquifer | an underground layer of material from which groundwater can be extracted. |