What type of tide occurs when the sun and moon are at a ninety degree angle?
Moon Phases, Tides, and Eclipses Review

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Neap tide
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What does 'waning' mean?
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Shrinking
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What do you call small tides where the high tide is not as high as usual and the low tides are not as low as usual?
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Neap tides
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What is the difference between the level of the ocean at high and low tide called?
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Tidal range
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What is the central, darker part of a shadow called?
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Umbra
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What is the term for the highest tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned?
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Spring tide
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What is the lighter outer part of a shadow called?
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Penumbra
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