TIDES

What causes tides?

• Gravity of the Earth

• Gravity of the Moon

• Wind from the Earth

• Wind from the Moon

What is the correct alignment needed for a SPRING tide to occur?

• Sun, Earth, Moon

• Earth, Sun, Moon

• Sun, Moon, Earth

• None of these

What do we call the daily difference between high tide and low tide?

• Spring Tide

• Tidal Range

• Low Tide

• Neap Tide

A neap tide occurs during which two lunar phases?

• Full Mooon and New Moon

• Waxing Crescent and Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous and Waning Gibbous

• 1st Quarter and 3rd Quarter

A spring tide occurs during which two lunar phases?

• New Moon and Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent and Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous and Waning Gibbous

• 1st Quarter and 3rd Quarter

How many times a day to we experience a change in tidal levels?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

When sea levels are higher than average what type of tide is occuring?

• High Tide

• Low Tide

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

What causes a spring tide to have a higher tidal range?

• Gravity of the Moon

• Gravity of the Earth

• Gravity of the Sun

• None of the Above

When sea levels are lower than average, what type of tide is occuring?

• High Tide

• Low Tide

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

Explain- What is happening to the sandcastle in the picture?

• Nothing will happen to the sandcastle

• Some of the sandcastle will be washed away

• The sandcastle will be completely washed away

• None of the above