Location
What states are bounded to Lake Huron?
Michigan and Ontario
Lake Michigan's shore is home to the Largest what in the world?
Freshwater sand dunes
Glaciers that broke down made water and flooded the lake's basins due to what change?
What is Deposition
Over time, the water accumulated was transported down into basins and carved out the shape of the great lake.
Fishing, swimming, boating, and wildlife watching are examples of what?
what are positive/neutral activities?
What is the surface area of all the great lakes combined?
94,710 square miles
Ontario in Canada and the U.S. state of New York are bound to this great lake.
What is Lake Ontario
95% of the freshwater for the U.S. is from what?
The Great Lakes
About 3,000 years ago what happened to the Great Lakes?
They started to reach their present shape and size
What is the most polluted Great Lake by human impacts?
Lake Erie
What scale of time does the Great Lakes fall on?
Thousands of Years
Because it took the Great Lakes to form over a matter of thousands of years.
What states surround Lake Michigan?
Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana
What building would fully sink beneath the surface of Lake Superior?
The Empire State Building
Glaciers that covered the Great Lakes melted down due to what change?
What is Erosion
The warmer winds/air surrounding these glaciers lead them to melt and remove ice.
Trash, chemical spills, and pollution are examples of what?
negative impacts
For space, what category does the Great Lakes fall under?
Regional scale
Because it wasn't big enough to be a continental change but happened in a regional size.
Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania surround what Great Lake?
What is Lake Erie
How many years ago did the Great Lakes start to form?
35,000 or 20,000 years ago
What states surround Lake Superior?
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan's upper peninsula, and the province of Ontario.
Glaciers that sat on top of the Great Lakes were up to two miles thick of ice and they smashed down the surface of the earth to create lake basins due to what change?
What is weathering
Because the ice was so heavy and thick it made gouges in the earth's surface and broke it down.