Great Lakes

What's In A Name?

100

This lake starts with the letter H (as in HOMES).  This is the second largest of the Great Lakes.

LAKE HURON

200

This lake's name starts with the letter (as in HOMES).  This lake provides hydroelectric power.  

LAKE ERIE

300

This lake's name starts with the letter O (as in HOMES).  Ships pass through this lake to the Atlantic Ocean.  

LAKE ONTARIO

Threats to the GL

100

These are created when excess minerals start to gather in the different lakes.  But they are not all harmful to the different species living in the lakes.  Your parents can help but checking their septic systems regularly.

ALGAL BLOOMS

200

This is a phrase for different temperatures and changes in weather patterns.  These patterns are changing too quickly and dramatically.  These changes affect the water levels which disturb the different animals that are living in the water.  

CLIMATE CHANGE

300

These enter the lakes in many different ways, using land, air, or water.  They are not supposed to be living in the Great Lakes.  They affect the habitat, spread disease, and compete for food.  If your family has a boat, make sure to keep it clean.  

INVASIVE SPECIES

Fun Facts

100

The Great Lakes contain this much of the world's fresh water supply.  

20%

200

This name, in French, means "cat".  

ERIE

300

This is an area of land that separates flowing waters to different rivers, basins, or seas.  

WATERSHED

Those Animals!

100

There are this many species of fish in the Great Lakes.  

250

200

This is the type of bear that thrives around the Great Lakes.

BLACK BEAR

300

This is the type of owl that thrives around the Great Lakes.  

SNOWY OWL

All Through the Land

100

These three waterfalls make up the Niagara Falls.  

THE AMERICAN FALLS

THE BRIDAL VEIL FALLS

THE HORSESHOE FALLS

200

These are formed when winds drop loads of sand.

SAND DUNES

300

These are the two types of forests that exist around the Great Lakes.

CONIFEROUS FORESTS

HARDWOOD FORESTS