Key words

Word 1

MORTALITY

• Causing very great damage or failure.
• The number of deaths in a group, here among animals like poultry.
• The total amount of crop grown from land in one season.
• An amount that is smaller than what was expected or needed.

Word 2

CATASTROPHIC

• Food such as hay or grass stored for farm animals.
• The number of deaths in a group, here among animals like poultry.
• Happening for the first time or never seen before.
• Causing very great damage or failure.

Word 3

UNPRECEDENTED

• Happening for the first time or never seen before.
• A large reduction in the amount of something important, for example water.
• The number of deaths in a group, here among animals like poultry.
• An amount that is smaller than what was expected or needed.

Word 4

FORAGE

• Happening for the first time or never seen before.
• The number of deaths in a group, here among animals like poultry.
• A large reduction in the amount of something important, for example water.
• Food such as hay or grass stored for farm animals.

Word 5

SHORTFALL

• An amount that is smaller than what was expected or needed.
• Harmed or changed by something, for example by drought or heat.
• A large reduction in the amount of something important, for example water.
• Causing very great damage or failure.

Word 6

DEPLETION

• Harmed or changed by something, for example by drought or heat.
• A large reduction in the amount of something important, for example water.
• Happening for the first time or never seen before.
• An amount that is smaller than what was expected or needed.

Word 7

YIELD

• The number of deaths in a group, here among animals like poultry.
• The total amount of crop grown from land in one season.
• An amount that is smaller than what was expected or needed.
• Happening for the first time or never seen before.

Word 8

AFFECTED

• Happening for the first time or never seen before.
• An amount that is smaller than what was expected or needed.
• Harmed or changed by something, for example by drought or heat.
• A large reduction in the amount of something important, for example water.