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A Quiz To Test Your Knowledge On The Great Lakes
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes were created by the movement of glaciers over land, around 10,000 years ago and contain a large percentage of the world’s fresh water. Can you answer the following multiple choice questions about the Great Lakes? Complete the quiz and then see your score. Better yet, stump your family and friends by asking them to take this quiz.
1. Which of the Great Lakes has the largest freshwater surface?
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
2. What percent of the world's freshwater is in the Great Lakes?
5 percent
10 percent
15 percent
20 percent
25 percent
3. Which of the Great Lakes has the largest freshwater sand dunes in the world?
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
4. The Great Lakes are the primary water source for more than ______ million people.
10 million
20 million
30 million
40 million
50 million
5. Which of the Great Lakes has the longest freshwater coastline of any state?
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
6. Which is the deepest of the Great Lakes?
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
7. Which of the following is NOT a fishery on Lake Michigan?
Salmon
Yellow Perch
Walleye
Whitefish
8. The French explorer Samule de Champlain was the first European to discover Lake Michigan.
True
False
9. Lake Sturgeon is the largest species of fish found in the Great Lakes.
True
False
10. Which of the Great Lakes is the shallowest lake?
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
11. Around ___________ years ago the area was covered by a glacier more than a 1/2-mile thick that over time left the depressions that are now the Great Lakes.
5,000
13,000
22,000
35,000
12. Which is the only one of Great Lakes entirely with U.S. territory?
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
13. Lake Superior is affected by tides
True
False
14. What is the name of the 30- to 40-foot-long “monster” that allegedly lives in Lake Erie?
Chelli
Bessie
Morag
Memphre
Ogopogo
15. The name Michigan is derived from the Ojibwa (Chippewa) word for “large lake”.
True
False
16. Which Great Lake is the second largest?
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior