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Climate Zones
Climate Zones (Continued)
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Landforms
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Some European climate zones contain these trees, which lose their leaves in the fall.
What is deciduous?
100
Some European climate zones contain these trees, which have their seeds in cones.
What is coniferous?
100
Car exhaust and smoke from burning oil and coal create this kind of pollution.
What is air pollution?
100
This provides Europe with some of the best farmland on the planet.
What is fertile soil?
100
This is an area of land almost completely surrounded by water. Europe is a giant one, with many smaller ones branching out from it.
What is a peninsula?
200
This zone covers parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland and contains evergreens.
What is subarctic?
200
This zone is an area of vast treeless plains near the north pole.
What is tundra?
200
Sewage, garbage, and industrial waste have all been dumped into Europe's seas, lakes, and rivers, causing this type of pollution.
What is water pollution?
200
This fine building material is found in Italy.
What is marble?
200
One of three major European islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Great Britain, Ireland, or Iceland?
300
This zone has hot, dry summers, mild, wet winters, and olive trees and grapevines.
What is Mediterranean?
300
This zone has cool summers, cold winters, and marshy low-lying areas.
What is humid continental?
300
This issue occurs when pollutant particles mix with precipitation.
What is acid rain?
300
Europe provides almost half of the world's supply of this.
What is coal?
300
Europe's major landform.
What is the Northern European Plain?
400
This zone is generally cool and cold, with scrubby bushes and low-lying plants beyond the timber line.
What is highland?
400
This zone is not dry enough to be classified as desert, but not wet enough for forests.
What is steppe?
400
These use large turbines to create electricity from the wind, creating a "clean" energy source.
What are wind farms?
400
Ukraine has deposits of this mineral, an ingredient of steel.
What is manganese?
400
Europe's highest mountain ranges form this.
What is the Alpine Mountain System?
500
This zone has mild temperatures, abundant precipitation, and many forests.
What is marine west coast?
500
This zone has hot, wet summers and mild, wet winters.
What is humid subtropical?
500
Norway and Sweden are adding this to their lakes to stop the damage caused by acid rain.
What is lime?
500
European mines produce about one-third of the world's supply of this mineral, which is used in making steel.
What is iron ore?
500
These are two of Europe's longest rivers.
What are the Danube and the Rhine?