Landforms #1
______ has been the primary process by which the landforms of Norther Europe came to be as they are today.
Glaciation
Most of Norway and northern Sweden are _________.
Mountainous
The longest river is called _______.
Thjorsa
The frozen ground _____ plants with deep roots, like ____, from growing.
Prevents, Trees
Iceland has ____ energy resources.
Vast
_______ were scraped flat by the glaciers that covered the land, while the mountains in the region were made steeper and more rugged.
Plains
_________ is the world's largest island.
Greenland
The ____ River in _____ is harnessed for hydroelectric power.
Kemi, Finland
The Scandinavian Peninsula and Finland has a _____ ______ climate.
______ power is a _______ resource in Sweden.
Hydroelectric, Renewable
The ice that covered Northern Europe during the last ice age was over _____ mile (1.6km) thick.
One
Iceland is located _____ miles (300km) ____ of Greenland.
186 miles, East
Continental glaciers covered much of _______ ______ during the last ice age.
Northern Europe
The vegetation is limited to only the ___ species that can tolerate the ____ conditions.
Few, Cold
Norway is also Europe's _____ oil producer and the world's ____-____ natural gas exporter.
Largest, Third-Largest
The land began to rise in a process called _________ ______.
Continental Rebound
Iceland's many rivers and water falls are also harnessed to produce _______.
Hydropower.
The Muonio and Torne Rivers flow along the border of ______ and ______.
Finland, Sweden
Natural vegetation varies from _____ and _____ to tundra plants.
Forests, Grasslands
In ____ Finland exported over _ percent of the paper and paperboard traded on the global market.
2014, 9%
The ice sheet melted about __,____ years ago.
10,000
The ______ __ _____ also includes the _____ Islands and _______ in the North Atlantic.
Kingdom of Denmark, Faeroe, Greenland
Norrland.
Strong interrelationships exist between climate and plant and animal life in _______ _______.
Northern Europe
_____'s peat deposits cover nearly ____-____ of the country.
Finland's, One-Third