Tides

_______are daily changes in ocean water.

• Waters

• Tides

• Colors

• Earths

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The moon is mainly responsible for the tides on Earth because it is _________ _________.

• much closer

• far away

• behind the sun

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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How many high tides does a place have each day?

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 2

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What causes tides?

• gravity
• wind
• spring
• neap

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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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

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Tides are caused mainly by what?

• Moon’s gravitational pull
• Sun’s gravitational pull
• Earth’s gravitational pull

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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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Tides are the cycle of rising and falling ocean water that repeats automatically every

• 24 hours
• 12.5 hours
• 25 hours
• 6.25 hours

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Tides are caused mainly by the differences in how much gravity from the moon and the sun pulls on different parts of the Earth. 

• True
• False

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