Great Salt Lake

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/great-salt-lake

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How deep is Great Salt Lake?16 feet
2. What is the location?Northern Utah, United States
3. What is the key tributaries?Jordan River, Weber River, Bear River
4. Why can people float so easily in the Great Salt Lake?The water is very salty, so it is very dense. Because of this, people can float easily, just like in the Dead Sea.
5. How does the Great Salt Lake help birds?The lake’s brine shrimp and brine flies are food for many birds. This makes it a very important stop for millions of migratory birds, including Wilson’s phalaropes.

Terminal Lake: A lake with no outflow, where water loss occurs solely through evaporation, leading to mineral concentration.
Hypersaline: Describes water bodies with salinity levels significantly higher than that of seawater.
Pleistocene Epoch: A geological epoch characterized by repeated glacial periods, often referred to as the Ice Age.
Avian: Relating to or consisting of birds.