Great Lakes Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which list contains all five of the Great Lakes and no other lakes?
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Champlain
Superior, Michigan, Erie, Ontario, and Winnipeg
Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario, and Great Bear
2. A drop of water leaves Lake Erie on its way toward the Atlantic Ocean. Which sequence does it follow next?
Detroit River → Lake Huron → St. Marys River
Niagara River → Lake Ontario → St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence River → Lake Ontario → Niagara River
St. Clair River → Lake Michigan → Chicago River
3. Someone walking along Toronto’s waterfront is on the shore of which Great Lake?
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
4. Which Great Lake has the greatest surface area?
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
5. Which Great Lake has the lowest water-surface elevation of the five?
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Lake Ontario
6. Which Great Lake lies entirely within the United States?
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
7. A cargo ship traveling between Lake Superior and Lake Huron must bypass rapids in the St. Marys River. Which navigation feature makes this possible?
The Welland Canal
The Erie Canal
The Soo Locks
The Trent-Severn Waterway
8. A traveler standing on Chicago’s lakefront is looking across which Great Lake?
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
9. A researcher is studying a Great Lake that is relatively shallow and warm, making it especially responsive to nutrient runoff and harmful algal blooms. Which lake best fits this description?
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
10. Manitoulin Island is located in which Great Lake?
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
11. Georgian Bay is a large northeastern arm of which Great Lake?
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
12. A boat travels directly from Lake Michigan into Lake Huron without using a canal. Which passage does it use?
Niagara River
St. Clair River
Straits of Mackinac
St. Marys River
13. Which process was chiefly responsible for shaping the basins of the Great Lakes in their present form?
Repeated glaciation and the movement of continental ice sheets
The erosion of a single ancient river
The collapse of volcanic calderas
The recent separation of continental plates
14. Rain falling near the Lake Superior shoreline in Duluth enters which Great Lake first as local runoff?
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
15. Why can communities downwind of the Great Lakes receive intense lake-effect snow?
Warm ocean currents travel directly into the lakes and create tropical storms
Cold air gains heat and moisture over open lake water, then releases snow downwind
Frozen lake surfaces continuously add warm water vapor to the air
Shoreline hills force every passing cloud to release all its moisture
16. A vessel enters the Great Lakes system from the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence River. Which Great Lake does it reach first?
Lake Superior
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario