| 1. The oldest lighthouse on the U.S. side of Great Lakes was built at: |
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| a. Fort Niagara | b. Fort Collins | c. Fort Wayne | d. Fort Dix |
| 2. The Great Lakes could cover the entire continental United States with almost _____ of water: | |||
| a. 25 feet | b. 32 feet | c. 10 feet | d. 76 feet |
| 3. Forests cover _____ of the land in the Great Lakes region. | |||
| a. 30% | b. 55% | c. 41% | d. 17% |
| 4. Lake Superior has the longest water retention time of any of the Great Lakes, approximately: | |||
| a. 3 years | b. 22 years | c. 99 years | d. 191 years |
| 5. Name the only Great Lake entirely in the United States. | |||
| 6. Which of the Great Lakes is the first to have been formed and the last to be discovered by European settlers? | |||
| 7. The zebra mussel | |||
| a. has always lived in the Great Lakes. | b. has never been found in the Great Lakes. | c. began colonizing the Great Lakes in the 1980s. | d. began colonizing the Great Lakes in the 1940s. |
| 8. Organisms that live in or on the bottom of a lake are called | |||
| a. nekton. | b. benthos. | c. plankton. | d. neuston. |
| 9. The Great Lakes Basin was formed by the action of | |||
| a. rivers. | b. wind. | c. waves. | d. glaciers. |
| 10. Which of the Great Lakes has the greatest number of people living in its basin? | |||
| 11. This river connects Lakes Superior and Huron. | |||
| a. St. Clair | b. St. Marys | c. Black River | d. Ohio River |
| 12. Name the Great Lake that is farthest west. | |||
| 13. What percent of the world’s fresh surface water is contained in the Great Lakes? | |||
| a. 10 | b. 20 | c. 50 | d. 66 |
| 14. What is the name for the body of water that is connected to Lake Huron but is almost a lake by itself? | |||
| 15. What is the largest Canadian city on the Great Lakes? | |||
| a. Quebec | b. Toronto | c. Ontario | d. Thunder Bay |
| 16. Sea Lamprey have been a problem in the Great Lakes because they | |||
| a. eat yellow perch. | b. use up food needed by other fish. | c. destroy water plants growing near the shore. | d. are parasites on lake trout. |
| 17. What is the main cause of low oxygen levels in parts of the Great Lakes? | |||
| a. too may fish | b. too many nutrients causing algae blooms | c. long winters with thick ice | d. too many toxic chemicals |
| 18. Which is in more danger from acid rain? | |||
| a. The Great Lakes | b. The streams, tributaries and smaller lakes that surround and feed the Great Lakes | ||
| 19. The clearing of large woodlands in the Great Lakes region by settlers and industry causes | |||
| a. increased erosion. | b. higher soil & lake water temperatures. | c. clogging of stream mouths. | d. all of the above |
| 20. The "ecosystem approach" to Great Lakes management | |||
| a. emphasizes the biological aspects of the ecosystem. | b. emphasizes the physical and chemical aspects of the ecosystem. | c. integrates human, physical, biological, and chemical aspects of the ecosystem. | d. focuses on the ways humans impact the ecosystem. |
| 21. The reason DDT
is still a problem in the Great Lakes despite being banned in the United States in 1971 is
that DDT used in other countries enters the lakes by air currents. True or false? |
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| 22. A parasitic fish found in the Great Lakes is the | |||
| a. sculpin. | b. livebearer. | c. sea lamprey. | d. sucker. |
| 23. Which lakeshore city gets about 93 inches of lake effect snow in the winter? | |||
| a. Toronto | b. Sarnia | c. Milwaukee | d. Buffalo |
| 24. What Great Lakes regional Indian confederacy was known as the "Five Nations"? | |||
| 25. Which of the Great lakes has the most problems with erosion? | |||
| 26. Which waterway connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean? | |||
| a. Gulf Stream | b. St. Lawrence Seaway | c. Lake Ontario | d. Mississippi River |
| 27. How many miles would a ship going from Duluth to the Atlantic Ocean travel? | |||
| a. 1572 | b. 1815 | c. 2150 | d. 2342 |
| 28. Which of the following does not have an effect on the size of storm surges on the Great Lakes? | |||
| a. lake volume | b. lake alignment | c. cloud cover | d. storm speed |
| 29. Deposits of natural gas are located under Lake Erie. True or false? | |||
| 30. Name the navigational canal built to bypass Niagara Falls. | |||
After you finish this quiz, check with your teacher for the correct answers. |
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Adapted from: Great Lakes Pursuit - Ohio Sea Grant College Program |
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Answers
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. Lake Michigan 6. Lake Erie 7. c 8. b 9. d 10. Lake Michigan 11. St. Marys 12. Lake Superior 13. b 14. Georgian Bay 15. b 16. d 17. b 18. b 19. d 20. c 21. true 22. c 23. d 24. Iroquois 25. Lake Erie 26. b 27. d 28. c 29. true 30. Welland Canal