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What causes tides?

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The interaction of Earth, the moon, and the sun.

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What causes tides?

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gravity

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What do we call a tide that has a large range?

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spring

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What do we call the small tides that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?

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Neap Tide

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In general, tides occur...

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2 times a day

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What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create? Options: neap tide, spring tide, new moon tide, full moon tide

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spring tide

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What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create? Options: full moon tide, new moon tide, neap tide, spring tide

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neap tide

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What causes tides?

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gravitational pull of moon

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Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?

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new moon

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Which phase of the moon is represented in this diagram? Options: new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter/third quarter

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full moon