Landform 1
What is glaciation?
A process by which glaciers form and spread
Is Iceland considered a European country?
Iceland sits partly on ocean crust shared with the North American continent, as it straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that marks the boundary between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates
Contenental glaciers covered much of what?
What is Northern Europe
The Arctic tundra regions lie in the extreme northern parts of ________?
Scandinavia
What is a fjord?
A long, steep sided glacial valley, now filled by sea water
What is the definition of hot springs?
A spring whose water issues at a temperature higher than that of its surroundings.
The landscape of Iceland is geologically ______?
Young
Animals in the ______ zone migrate to lower elevations during the winter?
Alpine
When was the ice sheet melted?
About 10,000 years ago
What is geothermal energy?
A form of energy conversion that captures heat energy from within Earth
The majority of rivers in Iceland consist of _______ from glaciers?
Meltwater
________ _______include marine West coast, humid continental, and tundra?
Climate Regions
When was Norway's strongest earthquake?
On March 6, 2009
What percent do glaciers cover?
Roughly 11 percent of the island
The Kemi River in Finland is harnessed for ________?
Hydroelectric power
Along the Atlantic coast and in southern Sweden, the climate is the ______ _______ coast type?
Marine West
Is Finland flat, or mountainous?
Mostly flat, with few hills and mountains
At how many square miles, Greenland is the world's largest island.
839,399 square miles
The Muonio and Torne Rivers flow along the border of ______ and _______?
Finland and Sweden
The rest of the Scandinavian Peninsula and ______ has a humid continental climate with cold winters?
Finland