Great Lakes Surface Temperature
Directions: Use the map of the Great Lakes surface temperatures from June, 1998 to answer the following questions:

1) Which lake, on average, has the coldest water temperature?
 
Lake Superior

2) Which lake, on average, has the warmest water temperature?
 
Lake Erie

3) What is the water temperature (in degrees Celsius) near Chicago?

19 degrees Celsius

4) What is the water temperature (in degrees Celsius) near Green Bay?

21 degrees Celsius

5) Convert the answers from #3 and #4 into degrees Fahrenheit.  Use the formula F = (9/5 x C) + 32.

Chicago =  66.2 degrees Fahrenheit                          Green Bay =  69.8 degrees Fahrenheit
 
 

6) What is the water temperature (in both degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit) near Toledo?

22 degree Celsius or 71.6 degres Fahrenheit
 

7) The range of the temperature scale is from 0 to 30 degrees Celsius.  What is the range of the temperature
     scale in degrees Fahrenheit?

32 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit

8) What city has the coldest water temperature: Sault St. Marie, Milwaukee, or Cleveland?

Sault St. Marie

9) Which city has the warmest water temperature: Marquette, Toronto, or Buffalo?

Buffalo

10) Which lake has, on average, the warmest water temperature: Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, or Lake Ontario?

Lake Ontario