Exit Slip - Tides

Base your answers to questions 11 through 13 on the graph below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The graph shows the observed water levels, in feet (ft), for a tide gauge located at Montauk, New York, on the easternmost end of Long Island, from January 24, 2008 to noon on January 25, 2008.

11. What causes the water-level variation pattern shown by the graph?

• changes in wind velocity produced by coastal storms

• changes in magnetic orientation of the North American Plate

• Earth's revolution and the distance from the equator

• Earth's rotation and the gravitational pull of the Moon

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Base your answers to questions 11 through 13 on the graph below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The graph shows the observed water levels, in feet (ft), for a tide gauge located at Montauk, New York, on the easternmost end of Long Island, from January 24, 2008 to noon on January 25, 2008.

12.These changing water levels at Montauk can best be described as

• cyclic and predictable

• cyclic and not predictable

• noncyclic and not predictable

• noncyclic and predictable

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Base your answers to questions 11 through 13 on the graph below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The graph shows the observed water levels, in feet (ft), for a tide gauge located at Montauk, New York, on the easternmost end of Long Island, from January 24, 2008 to noon on January 25, 2008. 13.

What was the height of the water above average low tide level at noon on January 24?

• 1.2 ft

• 1.6 ft

• 2.2 ft

• 2.6 ft

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14.A graph of tidal sea-level changes at a coastal city is shown below. The number of hours from one high tide to the next high tide is approximately

• 4 h

• 8 h

• 12 h

• 24 h

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Base your answers to questions on the graph and on your knowledge of Earth science. The graph shows the observed water levels, in feet (ft), for a tide gauge located at Montauk, New York, on the easternmost end of Long Island, from January 24, 2008 to noon on January 25, 2008. What causes the water-level variation pattern shown by the graph?

• changes in wind velocity produced by coastal storms

• changes in magnetic orientation of the North American Plate

• Earth's revolution and the distance from the equator

• Earth's rotation and the gravitational pull of the Moon

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The table shows the times of ocean high tides

and low tides on a certain date at a New York State

location. At approximately what time on the following day

did the next high tide occur at this location?

• 4:40 a.m.

• 5:40 a.m.

• 4:40 p.m.

• 5:40 p.m.

Base your answer to the following question on the graph, which shows the water levels of ocean tides measured in Boston, Massachusetts, for a 2-day period. If the trends shown by the graph continue, which statement best describes the next low tide at Boston that is expected to occur on Wednesday?

• It will occur about 3 a.m. with a 0.4-meter water level.

• It will occur about 6 a.m. with a 0.6-meter water level

• It will occur about 9 p.m. with a 2.6-meter water level.

• It will occur about 10 p.m. with a 2.8-meter water level.

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Base your answer to the following question on the graph below, which shows two days of tidal data from a coastal location in the northeastern United States. If the pattern shown continues, the most likely height and time for the first high tide on day 3 would be

• 2.2 meters at 4 a.m.

• 2.3 meters at 4 a.m.

• 2.2 meters at 5 a.m.

• 2.3 meters at 5 a.m.

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The diagram shows the Moon orbiting Earth, as viewed from space above Earth's North Pole. The Moon is shown at eight positions in its orbit. Spring ocean tides occur when the difference in height between high tide and low tide is greatest. At which two positions of the Moon will spring tides occur on Earth?

• 1 and 5

• 2 and 6

• 3 and 7

• 4 and 8

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A graph of tidal sea-level changes at a coastal city is shown in the diagram. The number of hours from one high tide to the next high tide is approximately

• 4 h

• 8 h

• 12 h

• 24 h

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