The Great Lakes Practice Flashcards

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers the names, formation, geographic features, and terminology of the Great Lakes based on the lecture notes.

HOMES

A mnemonic device used to remember the names of the five Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.

Straits

Narrow waterways connecting two larger bodies of water.

Grooves

Long dents or channels, such as those dug into the earth by ice sheets about $14,000$ years ago.

Role

A part you play or position you fill.

Sources

Where things come from or start, such as the rain, snow, rivers, and groundwater that keep the Great Lakes full.

Breeze

A light wind.

Trade

Business; the buying and selling of goods, which accounts for hundreds of billions of dollars in the Great Lakes region each year.

Volume

The total 3D space something takes up.

Border

To close around or touch on the edge.

Affect

To have an effect on; to impact.

Conditioner

Used to change something about a thing, such as temperature or softness.

Currents

The flow of water in a direction.

Last Ice Age

The historical period after which the Great Lakes began to form, approximately $14,000$ years ago.

Inland seas

A nickname for the Great Lakes due to their strong currents, big waves, and huge surface areas.

Lake Superior

The Great Lake that holds about $2,900\,cubic\,miles$ ($12,100\,cubic\,kilometers$) of water, which is more than half the total volume of all the lakes.

Niagara Falls

The world-famous waterfall that helps connect Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Lake Huron

The Great Lake with more than $3,800\,miles$ ($6,150\,kilometers$) of shoreline because it contains more than $30,000$ islands.

Lake Michigan

The largest lake located entirely within one country.

Fresh Water

The Great Lakes hold about $21\%$ of this specific type of water found on Earth.

Ontario

The Canadian province that borders all of the Great Lakes except Lake Michigan.