- The document provides instructions for using a resource on lakes and bodies of water for classroom use. It instructs teachers to divide students into small groups, have the groups take turns choosing questions from a list, and record which groups answer correctly to determine a winning group. - The questions cover vocabulary and facts about various lakes and seas around the world, including Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Maracaibo, the Great Lakes, and the Caspian and Aral Seas.

1. How to use this resource:
• Place students into small groups (3-4). To get students more
engaged, allow a minute or two to decide on a team name. Record
the team names on paper.
• Groups will take turns choosing points. The numbers are
hyperlinked to take you to each question. After the correct
answer has been revealed, another hyperlink will appear to take
you back to the home page. Once the hyperlink has been clicked,
it will turn purple, identifying the question as completed.
• When groups reveal their answers, record the groups that
answered the question correctly by adding the appropriate
number of points to their group name on your recording sheet.
The winning group make earn a treat or prize!

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lake
Vocabulary 100
A body of water surrounded by land

4. source
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States
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Starting point or beginning of a river
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5. Transportation route
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A path of traveling from one place to another
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6. Natural resource
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something from nature and is useful to humans
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7. petroleum
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a naturally occurring oil found in certain rock layers under earth’s surface
used to make plastics and fuels, such as gasoline.
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8. lock
Properties 100
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part of a canal that has gates for lowering and raising the water level
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9. canal
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Properties
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a channel dug by people; used by boats or for irrigation
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10. evaporate
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to change liquid to a vapor or gas
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11. Divert
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to change the path of a river
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Changes
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Outlet
a stream that flows out of a larger body of water
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13. Why is Lake Tanganyika so long and
narrow?
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It is in a rift valley
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14. Who was lake Victoria named after?
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Queen Victoria of England
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Name three lakes in Africa
Chad, Victorian, Tanganyika
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16. Lake Victoria is the source of what river?
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The Nile River.
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17. What continent is Lake Maracaibo on?
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South America
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18. What Great Lake is entirely in the U.S.
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Michigan
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19. Which lake did Edmund Fitzgerald sink?
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Lake Superior
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Why do things on the bottom of Lake
Baikal appear so close?
The water is so clear
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Traders use the Caspian sea to get from where?
Asia to Europe
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Which two continents is the Caspian Sea located
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Europe and Asia
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What continent is the Aral Sea located on?
Asia
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