Tides

What are ocean tides?

• Long waves due to the gravitational pull of the moon only.
• Long period waves caused by wind.
• Short period waves caused by wind. 
• Long waves due to the gravitational pull between the Earth,sun and the moon

What is a high tide?

• Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

• Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon

• Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

• Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 
• Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
• Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

At the same time the sea is drawn to the moon, another tidal bulge takes place on other side of Earth?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe
• I don't know!

When the moon is at full moon or new moon, what type of tide will we experience?

• rip tide
• spring tide
• neap tide
• breaker tide

Spring tides and neap tides occur in patterns governed by the

• phases of the moon
• seasons (fall, winter, etc.)
• surface currents
• deep sea currents

Wha type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• full moon tide

• new moon tide

• neap tide

• spring tide

What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• neap tide
• spring tide
• new moon tide
• full moon tide

What happens when there is a spring tide

• high tides 
• really high tides
• low tides