Physical Europe Warm Ups

Warm Up 11/7 1. Which countries are located on the Iberian Peninsula? ____________________________ 2. Which countries are located on the Scandinavian Peninsula?__________________ 3.Which large body of water separates Europe and Africa? ____________________________ 4. What island country is to the northwest of France?_______________________________

Warm Up 11/7 1. Which countries are located on the Iberian Peninsula? Spain and Portugal 2. Which countries are located on the Scandinavian Peninsula? Norway and Sweden 3.Which large body of water separates Europe and Africa? Mediterranean Sea 4. What island country is to the northwest of France? United Kingdom

Warm Up 11/9 1. What continent is Europe attached to? _____________________________________ 2. What separates Europe from this continent? ____________________________ 3. What separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe? _____________________ 4. What part of Europe has the highest elevation? _____________________________

Warm Up 11/9 1. What continent is Europe attached to? Asia 2. What separates Europe from this continent? Ural Mountains 3. What separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe? Pyrenees 4. What part of Europe has the highest elevation? The Alps

Warm Up 11/10 Write the landform and an example of it found in Europe 1. A _____________ is a body of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water. ____________ 2. A ___________ is a large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean. _______ 3. A ____________ is a long lasting, slowly moving river of ice on land. ________________________ 4. ______________ are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation. __________________

Warm Up 11/10 Write the landform and an example of it found in Europe 1. A channel is a body of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water. English Channel 2. A river is a large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean. Danube, Rhine, Volga River 3. A glacier is a long lasting, slowly moving river of ice on land. ________________________ 4. Plains are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation. European Plain

Warm Up 11/11 1. What is the difference between climate and weather? ________________________________________ __________________________________ 2. What part of Europe has the coldest climate and why? _____________________________ 3. Why does most of Europe have a mild climate? ________________________________________ ________________________________________

Warm Up 11/11 1. What is the difference between climate and weather? Climate is the average weather over time. Weather is the temperature and precipitation at a specific time. 2. What part of Europe has the coldest climate and why? The northern part. It stretches to the Arctic Circle. 3. Why does most of Europe have a mild climate? Because the Atlantic Ocean carries warm water from the tropics to Europe’s western coast.