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Meet Michigan
Michigan Geology
The Great Lakes
Great Lakes Challenges
Shipwrecks
100
How many of the Great Lakes are within Michigan's borders?
What is 4
100
The Great Lakes contain what fraction of the world's freshwater supply?
What is 1/5
100
Which of the five Great Lakes is the largest?
What is Lake Superior
100
Which of the Great Lakes has suffered the most from pollution?
What is Lake Erie
100
Approximately how many shipwrecks have occurred in the Great Lakes?
What is 6,000
200
What proportion of Michigan's land is contained in the lower peninsula?
What is 3/4
200
What may have caused the formation of the great lakes?
What is plate tectonics or glacial activity
200
On which Great Lake is Chicago located?
What is Lake Michigan
200
A campaign in the mid-1960s to clean up the Great Lakes was launched by which two countries?
The United States and Canada
200
On which of the five Great Lakes have the most shipwrecks occurred?
What is Lake Erie
300
What does the Native American word "Gami" translate to?
What is lake
300
How did the bedrock in Michigan help glaciers travel?
The bedrock was soft compared to surrounding areas.
300
Which Great Lake has the most people living within its basin?
What is Lake Michigan
300
Where does pollution in the Great Lakes tend to be the worst?
In areas of high population
300
Where do ships tend to wreck most often?
In shipping lanes
400
Which percent of Michigan is water?
What is 40%
400
What type of geological setting does Michigan have?
What is a structural basin
400
Which of the five Great Lakes has the largest shoreline?
What is Lake Huron
400
What is a primary cause for pollution in the Great Lakes
acid rain, chemical substance disposal, agricultural runoff, phosphorous, bad logging practices, over-fishing
400
What is the number one reason why ships wreck?
Storms/Weather related incidents
500
How many counties does MI have?
What is 83
500
What is the origin of the Petoskey stone?
fossilized remains of coral that once existed where the Great Lakes are today
500
What links Lake Superior and Lake Huron?
What is the Soo Canal
500
What is the biggest challenge in cleaning up the Great Lakes?
Maintaining the lakes in an economic system that encourages cheap production, thus cheap waste disposal
500
In which Great Lake did the Edmund Fitzgerald sink?
What is Lake Superior