1. By Addison Hyde Jack Farbarik Reid Joseph Addison Tilley Makiyah Porter

2.  A drought is a time when the weather is dry and there is not much rain at all.  The seasons are related to the way sunlight falls on different parts of the earth.  For more then 50 years scientists have been trying to make machines with artificial intelligence to research droughts.

3.  We can however identify various indicators of drought such as rain fall, snow pack and stream flow and more.

4.  The Dust Bowl was a horrific drought that wiped up homes and killed many animals, people, and plants.  The Dust Bowl happened in Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Colorado.  There was not much food so the only food you would have was what you managed to grow.

5.  The air has to be dry.  The ground is cracking because it is so dry.  A drought does not include any rain

6.  A drought happens when there is no rain for a long time.  Planting trees may help stop the soil being blown away in times of a drought.  Rivers and streams dry up in a drought.