Europe is considered one huge ______________, with many smaller _____________s branching out from it.
What is a peninsula?
100
Name two types of "clean" energy resources.
What are wind power and hydroelectric power?
100
Name the three major environmental problems in Europe.
What are air pollution, acid rain, and water pollution?
100
Explain why northwestern Europe has a mild climate.
What is winds pass over the warm waters of the North Atlantic Current and warm the northwestern part of Europe?
100
Describe how latitude and altitude affect climate and vegetation in Europe.
What is the farther north, the shorter and cooler the summer is? What is the farther away from the water, the wider range the temperature is? What is the higher the altitude the colder the climate and the less vegetation?
200
Only a few countries in Europe are considered _________, meaning they do not border an ocean or sea.
What is landlocked?
200
Identify four types of energy resources.
What are coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas?
200
Describe how acid rain is formed.
What is pollutant particles mixing with precipitation?
200
Name the five major climate zones discussed in chapter 10.
What are marine west coast, humid continental, Mediterranean, subarctic and tundra, and highland?
200
Explain how fertilizer of European farms is affecting the fish of the Danube?
What is fertilizer causes runoff into the Danube and causes algae growth, taking away oxygen from the fish?
300
Stretching from Belarus and Ukraine westward to France and the British Isles, this is Europe's largest landform.
What is the Northern European Plain?
300
The Northern European Plain has _________ ________, which allows for the growth of grains such as wheat and rye.
What is fertile soil?
300
Sewage, garbage, and farm runoff in Europe are sources of ________.
What is water pollution?
300
Define a coniferous tree.
What is an evergreen, or a tree whose leaves stay green all year?
300
Explain how mountains affect rainfall within a climate zone.
What is mountains create a rain shadow effect where rain falls on one side of the mountain, but the other side stays drier?
400
These three mountain systems make up the Alpine Mountain System.
What are the Pyrenees, Carpathians, and Alps?
400
Europe has some of the highest gasoline prices in the world. Why?
What is to discourage the dependence on oil?
400
Describe runoff.
What is precipitation that flows over the ground, often picking up pesticides and fertilizers along the way?
400
Name the hot, dry winds from Africa that warm southern Europe.
What are siroccos?
400
Explain how deciduous trees are able to grow well in the marine west coast climate zone.
What is because of its mild temperatures and abundant precipitation?
500
This landform, the Central Uplands, contains much of Europe's coal. Name that landform.
What is a highland?
500
Name the two major bodies of water from which Europeans get their fish.
What are the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean?
500
Name three solutions Europeans are doing to try to resolve the problem of pollution.
What are limiting the amount of chemicals being released into the air, treating lakes with lime, and using less fertilizer?
500
This climate zone has cooler summers and colder winters than the marine west coast climate zone.
What is the humid continental climate zone?
500
Explain how the Mediterranean Sea is important to Europeans of that region.
What is the Mediterranean Sea provides several varieties of fish and is used for transportation and recreation?