Great Lakes literacy is an understanding of the Great Lakes’ influences on you and your influence on the Great Lakes.

Principle 4

Water makes Earth habitable; fresh water sustains life on land.

A:
Fresh water has unique properties. Its density and electrical conductivity (a measure of salinity) are lower than that of salt water.
B:
Water is essential for life. All living processes occur in an aqueous environment.
  1. Bodies of fresh water
  2. Natural forces formed the Great Lakes
  3. Influence on weather and climate
  4. Habitable
  5. Diversity of life and ecosystems
  6. Interconnectedness
  7. Much to be learned
  8. Significance

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