Tides Review

Multiple Choice

Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

Multiple Choice

What does the rotation of the earth have to do with tides?

• The centripetal force pushes the oceans in and out.

• It causes a single point to rotate through two tidal bulges each day.

• The rotation of the earth pushes the moon in its orbital path and causes tides.

• The spinning earth creates a daily vortex in the center of the ocean pulling the shore line in temporarily.

Multiple Choice

A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 

• spring
• high
• low
• neap

Multiple Choice

A[n] ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon. 

• high
• neap
• low
• spring

Multiple Choice

• spring tide
• neap tide

Multiple Choice

• neap tide
• spring tide

Multiple Choice

How many high tides does a place have each day?

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 2

Multiple Choice

What causes tides?

• gravity
• wind
• spring
• neap

Multiple Choice

Why does the moon's gravitational pull have more of effect on tides than the sun's gravitational pull?

• they are the same
• the moon is larger than the sun
• tides are not caused by the moon
• the moon is closer to the Earth than the sun

Multiple Choice

As the moon revolves around the earth, the water follows the motion and causes...

• sea levels

• waves and currents

• moon phases

• high tides and low tides

Multiple Choice

What happens when there is a spring tide

• Short Tides and semi-short tides
• High tides and very low tides
• low tides and medium tides
• small tidal ranges

Multiple Choice

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

• gravity
• wind
• spring
• neap

Multiple Choice

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

• Neap Tide
• Spring Tide
• Larger Change
• Smaller Change