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Exploring the Great Lakes: A Quiz on Geography and Ecology

Test your knowledge about the Great Lakes, their geography, ecology, and historical significance with this engaging quiz.

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1 [31] The ________ is an efficient feeder, competing with native mussels.

2 States of New York, New Jersey, ________, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire combined.

3 The St. Lawrence River connects Lake Ontario to the ________.

4 Cyprus sank during a Lake Superior storm on October 11, 1907, during its second voyage while hauling iron ore from Superior, Wisconsin, to ________.

5 In the development of ecological problems in the Great Lakes, it was the influx of parasitic lamprey populations after the development of the Erie Canal and the much later ________ that led to the two federal governments attempting to work together.

6 Congress, and was signed into law by President ________ on 3 October 2008.

7 This was, in order of volume: iron ore, grain, and ________[citation needed].

8 A similar phenomenon occurs in the ________ region of New York as well as Prince Edward County, Ontario on Lake Ontario's northeast shore.

9 The retreat of the ice sheet left behind a large amount of meltwater (see ________) which filled up the basins that the glaciers had carved, thus creating the Great Lakes as we know them today.

10 Official ________ website: Our Great Lakes

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • the Hennepin, which transported construction aggregate around the Great Lakes early in the 20th century, was the first self-unloading bulk carrier in the world.
  • the Great Trail created by Native Americans connected the Great Lakes region of Canada to New England and the mid-Atlantic and laid the foundation for modern highways.
  • the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 was the deadliest natural disaster to hit the Great Lakes basin region, killing over 250 people.
  • the proglacial lakes of Minnesota were massive freshwater lakes covering many times the area of the Great Lakes at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation.
  • the SS Charles W. Wetmore (pictured) negotiated the St. Lawrence River rapids in 1891 to become the first whaleback ship to operate outside the Great Lakes.
  • there are 43 designated "Areas of Concern" within the Great Lakes watershed that show severe environmental degradation.
  • the Aquarama, built in 1945 as a Liberty ship, was converted into the largest passenger ship ever to operate on the Great Lakes.
  • the Erie Land Light (pictured) was the first lighthouse built by the United States Government on the Great Lakes.
  • the English Sundew, a carnivorous plant with wide distribution in the northern hemisphere, originated from a hybrid involving a plant with localized distribution in the Great Lakes area.
  • HMS Ontario, an 80-foot sloop of war recently discovered at the bottom of Lake Ontario, is the oldest shipwreck and the only fully intact British warship ever found in the Great Lakes.
  • Michigan, France, and the United States have all sued for claim to the “holy grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, French explorer La Salle’s ship Le Griffon (pictured) that sank in 1679.
  • Savanna Portage State Park preserves a historic portage trail used by Native Americans, fur traders, and explorers to cross between the watershed of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
  • Spectacle Reef Light (pictured), a lighthouse on Lake Huron, Michigan, has been described as "one of the greatest engineering feats on the Great Lakes".
  • the bloater, which inhabits the depths of the Great Lakes, swells when brought to the surface.
  • the bloody-red mysid (pictured), a crustacean native to the Ponto-Caspian region, has recently invaded the North American Great Lakes.
  • artifacts discovered at Mound Bottom, Tennessee show that the site was part of a vast Native American trading network extending to the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Appalachian Mountains during the Mississippian era.
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