Question

When levels of available water do not meet certain defined minimum requirements, that is known as ______.

Answer 1

It depends on the context in which the water shortage occurs. For example, the physiologic term for running out of water (like your body not having enough water) is dehydration; the environmental term for an ecosystem not having enough water is drought and so on...

Answer 2

blues is right.

The answer to this question really depends on what you're learning in class, right now,

whether you're learning about the human body,
or the environment.