Landforms 1
The ice that covered Northern Europe during the last ice age was over how many miles thick?
1 mile.
Glaciers cover what percent of the Iceland island?
11 percent.
What glaciers covered most of Northern Europe during the last ice age?
Continental
What type of regions include marine West coast, humid continental, subarctic, and tundra?
Climate regions
Deposits of ___ ___ lie in Sweden near Kiruna.
Northern Europe is made up of how many countries?
five.
The tectonic activity caused by these plates separating is the source of what abundant energy in the reason?
Geothermal.
The debris left behind after glaciers melted blocked ____ and trapped water like dams.
rivers.
What type of relationships exist between climate and plant and animal life in Northern Europe?
interrelationships.
What is one of the world's leading producers in hydroelectric power?
Norway
Plains were scraped flat by the _____ that covered the land, while the _____ in the region were made steeper and more rugged.
What plains make up most of the Jutland Penisula interior in Denmark?
Flat plains.
What river in Finland is harnessed for hydroelectric power?
The Kemi River
In Iceland, the Gulf STream creates a mild climate even though the country is located in ___ ___.
Higher latitude.
____ power and ____ energy are significant renewable resources in Finland.
Hydroelectric, Geothermal.
What two large peninsulas are found in Northern Europe?
Scandinavian and Jutland peninsula.
What islands are located halfway between Iceland and Norway?
Faeroe.
What river drains an area of 16,236 sq miles, running almost the entire length of Norway from north to south?
The Glama River
The rest of what has a humid continental climate with cold, wet winters?
Scandinavian Peninsula, and Finland.
Norway is also Europe's largest ___ ___ and the world' third-largest natural gas exporter.
oil producer.
Is Iceland volcanically active, and if it is around how many volcanoes are found on the island?
Yes, 200.
What is the largest glacier in Iceland, that is nearly 1,300 ft thick and covers 8% of the island.
Vatnajokull.
Sweden has many small ____ ____ ____ that harness the power of the country's rivers.
hydroelectric power plants.
In what zone do animals migrate to lower elevations in the winter to escape and find food?
alpine zone.
Reykjavik and several other communities provide what type of energy?
geothermal.