Landforms1
What has been the primary process by which the landforms of Northern Europe came to be as they are today?
Glaciation
The tectonic activity caused by these plates seperating is the source of abundance
geothermmal energy
The landscape of Iceland is geologically ____.
young
____ ____ varies from forests and grasslands to tundra plants.
Natural Vegetation
Finland's peat deposits cover nearly ____-____ of the country.
one-third
Denmark is considered part of the cultural region called_____.
Scandinavia
Glaciers cover roughly ___ percent of the island of Iceland.
11
The longest river in Iceland is ______.
Thjorsa
Animals in the ___ ____ migrate to lower elevations in the winter to escape the cold and find food.
Alpine
____ is one of the world's leading producers of hydroelectric power.
Norway
The ____ _____ forms the mainland part of Denmark and extends into the North Sea.
Jutland Peninsula
During the last ice age glaciers deposited ___ and ____ on the Jutland Peninsulas flat western side.
sand and gravel
The Kemi in Finland is harnessed for ___ power.
Hydroelectric
Along the Atlantic Coast and in southern Sweden, the climate is the ____ ____ ___ type.
Marine West Coast
Geothermal energy provides heat for the entire capital of and several other communities.
Reykjavik
Over time, as the ice melted and lessened the weight on the land beneath, the land began to rise in a process called _____ ______.
Continental Rebound
The ____islands, an island group and archipelago, are located about halfway between Iceland and Norway.
Faeroe
The majority of rivers in Iceland consist of_____from glaciers.
meltwater
The rest of the ___ ____ and Finlland has a humid continental climate with cold, wet winters.
Scandinavian
Deposits of iron ore lie in Sweden near ___.
Kiruna
______ us an archipelago in the Artic Ocea that constitutes the northernmost part of Norway.
Svalbard
The largest glacier called Vatnajokull is nearly ____ feet thick and covers 8 percent of the island.
1,300
The ____ and ____ rivers flow along the border of Finland and Sweden.
Muonio and Torne
The temperatures of most of the region are warmer than most of the regions of similar latitudes due to the influence of the ____ ____ and inland waters and airflows from the Atlantic.
Baltic Sea
Although Norway lacks the ___ ___ from which aluminum is made, they import it and utilize is hydroelectric power to produce aluminum.
Mineral Bauxite