British Isles

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/british-isles

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How high is British Isles?Ben Nevis, 1,345 meters (4,413 ft)
2. What is the geological age of oldest rocks?2.7 billion years
3. What is the climate driver?North Atlantic Drift, raising temperatures by approximately 11°C (20°F)
4. What are the British Isles and how many islands are there?The British Isles are a group of more than six thousand islands in the North Atlantic, including Great Britain and Ireland.
5. Why is the climate in the British Isles mild?The North Atlantic Drift brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico, keeping the islands warmer than other places at the same latitude.

Insular Celtic Languages: A branch of the Celtic language family spoken in the British Isles.
North Atlantic Drift: A warm ocean current that moderates the climate of northwestern Europe.
Acts of Union: Legislation that politically unified England and Scotland (1707) and later Great Britain and Ireland (1800).
Diaspora: The scattering of people from their original homeland to other parts of the world.