Surrounded By Water

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

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

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

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 St.George's Channel The Bristol Channel The North Channel

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

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

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

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

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