Michigan
Great Lakes
Flowers
Habitats
Composting
100
What is Michigan's State Bird?
What is the American Robin?
100
Which Great Lake is the largest of the five?
What is Lake Superior
The lake is so massive and its volume so large that, were it to be emptied at its current rate (with no compensating additions of water), it would take 191 years.
Retention time in a lake is the amount of time it takes for a lake to move pollutants through and out of it. These times vary for each of the Great Lakes based on size, depth and current. These are the retention times for each of the Lakes:
Lake Superior: 191 years
Lake Michigan: 99 years
Lake Huron: 22 years
Lake Erie: 2.6 years
Lake Ontario: 6 years
100
Only 10 percent of flowering plants on Earth are this color, making them the rarest.
Blue
100
These are the 5 things and animal needs to survive in its habitat.
What are FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AIR, and A PLACE TO RAISE THEIR YOUNG? (you have discovered Shrek's Swamp. Sammy must sing All-Star by Smash Mouth)
100
True or False, coffee grounds are NOT compostable because they are difficult to decompose.
False! Coffee grounds are 100% compostable and can help minimize the smell of your compost!
200
What is the State Flower?
Apple Blossom
200
What is the only Great Lake entirely within the United States borders?
What is Lake Michigan
200
This flower was declared the national flower of the USA in a special ceremony at the White House
What is a rose?
200
Most bears adapt to changes in their habitat by hibernating in the winter months. However, this bear does not hibernate.
Panda (when winter approaches, pandas move down the mountains to warmer temperatures)
200
Composting can capture these harmful gases by storing it in soil.
Greenhouses gases
300
What is the State Tree
White Pine
300
This Great Lake allegedly harbors a monster
What is Lake Erie? (the most polluted)
The monster named Bessie was described as having between 30 and 40 feet in length. It was first sighted in 1973. Alas, only inconclusive and grainy photos exist of it, making Bessie as elusive as the more famous Nessie monster of Loch Ness.
300
This vegetable is actually a flower
What is broccoli?
300
This sea creature has the lesser known ability to blend in with it's environment by mimicking colors and textures around it as the primary defense against it's predators.
What is an Octopus? 
300
In order for a tea bag to be compostable, you first have to remove this part!
The staple (if your tea bag is plastic, do NOT compost it)
400
Michigan has more shoreline than an other state except....
What is Alaska?
Standing anywhere in the state you are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes and its watershed are massive. So large in fact, its natural features can be seen from the Moon. It has a coastline of 10,200 miles (if you include its many islands coasts, it increases to 10,900 miles) and its water surface area is more than 95,000 square miles. The entire watershed from Minnesota to the St. Lawrence Seaway covers about 295,000 square miles. Michigan’s Great Lakes coastline of 3,288 miles is second only to Alaska. About 80 percent of United States shoreline is privately owned while only 20 percent in Canada is in private ownership.
400
What is the biggest threat to the Great Lakes today?
What is Invasive Species?
Invasive species are non-native plants and animals whose introduction causes harm to the economy, environment, or human health. Non-native species originate outside the Great Lakes basin and are introduced into the basin due to deliberate or accidental human activities. Of the over 180 established aquatic non-native species in the Great Lakes basin, 34% are considered invasive. Infamous Great Lakes invaders include the Sea Lamprey, Zebra and Quagga Mussels, Round Goby, and Phragmites.
400
There are no white flowers. White flowers are colorless and do not have any color pigments. White flowers simply _______ sunlight.
What is reflect?
400
This animal has physically adapted to its environment over time. The adaptation allows for it to hunt with 95% of its body submerged and still have its eyes and nostrils above water.
Crocodile
400
This item is called a ________ ____ which holds household composting scraps (food waste, wet paper towels, etc) 
Compost Crock! (available at Amazon, Target, Walmart, etc)
500
What Percentage (within 10%) of all the world's freshwater is in the Great Lakes?
What is 20%
The Great Lakes-which consist of Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario-are the largest freshwater bodies on earth, making up 1/5th of the world’s surface freshwater. The Lakes collectively hold 65 quadrillion gallons of water and cover 95,160 square miles. Lake Superior is the deepest at 1,330 ft with Lake Erie being the shallowest at 210 ft.
500
What 8 states do the Great Lakes border?
What is Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota?
The Great Lakes borders eight U. S. states: Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota and two Canadian provinces: Ontario and Quebec. Four of the 12 largest cities in the United States are located on Great Lakes shores.
500
Almost 60% of fresh-cut flowers grown in the U.S. come from this state
What is California?
500
This is stored in a camel's hump to allow them to go long periods of time without a need to drink.
Excess fat (they can go up to 7 months without drinking water).
500
By composting, we reduce the need for fertilizers and pesticides. The production of fertilizers and pesticides requires ____ ____'s, this harmful non-renewable energy source.
Fossil Fuels