Surrounded By Water

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1. Which body of water lies directly to the east of the British Isles? The North Sea The English Channel The Baltic Sea The Atlantic Ocean

2. Which body of water is found directly to the east of Ireland? The English Channel The Atlantic Ocean The Irish Sea The Bay of Biscay

3. Windermere and Coniston Water are two lakes in the Lake District National Park. Into which bay do they eventually flow? Cardigan Bay Morecambe Bay The Wash Calgary Bay

4. Which is the largest bay off the coast of Wales? Cardiff Bay Cardigan Bay Swansea Bay Carmarthen Bay

5. Which channel separates Scotland from Northern Ireland? The English Channel The North Channel The Bristol Channel St.George's Channel

6. Which ocean current raises the winter temperatures in the British Isles by at least 5 degrees centigrade? The Gulf Stream The Canaries Current The Labrador Current The North Atlantic Drift

7. Which is the longest sea loch in Scotland? Loch Long Trisloch Loch Linnhe Loch Fyne

8. Where in the British Isles is the second highest tidal range in the world found? Morecambe Bay The Firth of Forth The Thames Estuary The Bristol Channel

9. What body of water separates the south coast of England from continental Europe? The North Sea The English Channel The Bristol Channel The Mediterranean Sea

10. What body of water lies to the west of Ireland? The Atlantic Ocean The Arctic Ocean The Irish Sea The Black Sea