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What is the geography of Michigan?
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The U.P. has small mountains (minerals) and rolling hills. It is 90% trees. The L.P. is 50 % trees and has much flat land (farming). Michgian is surrounded by four huge Great Lakes.
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What is a boundary?
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A boundary is a line that shows where one place ends and another begins.
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What is a peninsula?
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A peninsula is land that has water on three sides.
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What is a strait?
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It is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
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What is a glacier?
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Glaciers are huge sheets of ice. During the Ice Age (50,000 BCE)they were more than a mile thick.
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What is a drumlin?
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Drumlins are small egg- shaped hills.
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What is an ecosystem?
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All the living and nonliving things in an area.
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Why do you think many of Michigan's cities grew up on rivers?
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When the cities were created the easiest way to travel was by water.
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Why is it important to remember that you are part of an ecosystem?
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If you disrupt one part of an ecosystem, all of the other parts are affected.
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