World Lakes

What is a lake?

• it always contains fresh water

• stays the same size forever

• is a body of water surrounded by land

• is the same depth as the rivers that run into it

Why is Lake Tanganyika so long and narrow?

• it is really a river

• not many rivers empty into it

• it is in a rift valley

• no one knows

Who or what was Lake Victoria named after?

• Uganda's victory over Kenya in a war

• Queen Victoria of England

• the city of Victoria in Canada

• the Australian who discovered the lake

Which of the following lakes is NOT in Africa?

• Lake Chad

• Lake Baikal

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Tanganyika

Which lake is the source of the Nile River?

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Chad

• Lake Baikal

• Lake Titicaca

On what continent is Lake Maracaibo located?

• Africa

• South America

• Asia

• North America

A strait is

• a small rift-valley lake

• a kind of canal that was built during the 1800's

• a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

• a process engineers used to straighten rivers

Which Great Lake is entirely in the United States?

• Lake Michigan

• Lake Ontario

• Lake Huron

• Lake Superior

On which lake did the Edmund Fitzgerald sink?

• Lake Michigan

• Lake Huron

• Lake Superior

• Lake Ontario

Why do things on the bottom of Lake Baikal appear close?

• the water is shallow

• the lake has magnifying water

• the water is clear

• the lake has lots of pebbles