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Physical Geography of Western Europe
The highest mountain in the Alps is......?
What are dikes?
Physical Geography of Western Europe
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What are dikes?
A wall or barrier
A type of boat
A piece of equipment
A device used for transporting goods
2
The highest mountain in the Alps is......?
Monte Baldo
Mont Blanc
Mount Jungfrau
Mont Eiger
3
What does the soil in the Northern European Plains contain?
Eyeballs
Minerals
Humus
Debris
4
How far does the Thames river flow?
186 km
305 miles
330 miles
205 miles
5
What is beneath the North Sea?
Coal and iron
Oil and coal
Oil and natural gas
Oil and natural gas
6
What is the Chunnel?
A tunnel
A waterway
A boat
A train
7
The natural vegetation in most of the British Isles is.....?
Wet
Coniferous
Abundant
Deciduous
8
What did the Dutch call the land they reclaimed from the sea?
lareas
drasters
sympickles
polders
9
Is the North Sea part of the Atlantic Ocean?
arm and a leg
yes
no
why are we doing this?
10
What two mountain ranges separate Western Europe from Southern Europe?
Ozark and Adirondacks
Atlas and Cascade
Sierra Nevada and Alps
Pyrenees and Alps
11
What is the landscape of Western Europe?
Mountains
Hills
Deserts
Plains
12
When where oil and natural gases discovered under the North Sea?
1959
1872
1940
1892
13
An estuary is a part of the sea that connects to the beginning of a river.
False
Maybe
I don't know
True
14
What does the Gulf Stream do?
It is a passageway for boats
It moves warm tropical water
Brings fish from the North
A main area used for fishing
15
What was coal used to fuel in the 1800's
Trains
Cars
Machines
Boats
16
What did melting glaciers leave behind?
sand and gravel
wetlands
fertile soil
craters
17
The number of different species of bird that the British Isles have is........?
775
More than 200
More than 250
1000000000000000000000000
18
What does Switzerland use its rivers for?
electricity
Trade
fishing
water for crops
19
What travels under the English Channel?
Cars
People
Boats
Trains
20
Did you like this section?
ABSOLUTELY
Yes!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Of course
21
What is the longest river in France?
Adoure River
Rhine River
Meuse River
Loire River
22
What one is not included in the process of making peat blocks?
drying so they can be burned
collecting material
digging the peat up
cutting into blocks
23
What do the people use the North Sea for?
Fishing
Trade
All of the above
Oil and Gas
24
What are the Westerlies?
Strong winds
A pig
Area of land near the ocean
Large farm fields
25
what is the defenition of deciduous?
Trees that lose their leaves in the fall
Trees that lose their leaves in the winter
Trees that have two trunks
Trees that keep their leaves during winter
26
What does peat mean?
decaying vegetable matter
A passageway
A part of their boats
A plant used for medicine
