Context: The islands enjoy a mild climate and varied soils, giving rise to a diverse pattern of vegetation. Animal and plant life is similar to that of the northwestern European continent. There are however, fewer numbers of species, with Ireland having even less. All native flora and fauna in Ireland is made up of species that migrated from elsewhere in Europe, and Great Britain in particular. The only window when this could have occurred was between the end of the last Ice Age (about 12,000 years ago) and when the land bridge connecting the two islands was flooded by sea (about 8,000 years ago).

Question: Which continent has similar plant and animal life as the British Isles?
Answer: European continent

Question: In Ireland where does the native animal and plant species mostly come from?
Answer: Europe, and Great Britain

Question: When did the land bridge between Ireland and Britain disappear?
Answer: about 8,000 years ago

Question: When did the last Ice Age end in the British Isles?
Answer: about 12,000 years ago

Question: The islands have no soil and what kind of climate?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What type of life is similar to life in southern Asia?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: The land bridge connecting two European continents was flooded by see about how many years ago?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: The beginning of the last Ice Age occurred when?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Plant and animal life varies greatly from that of life in which continent?
Answer: Unanswerable