What Causes Tides

How long does it take for there to be two high tides and two low tides?

• 2 hours

• 6 hours and 12.5 minutes

• 12 hours and 25 minutes

• 24 hours and 50 minutes

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

• Neap tide

• Spring tide

• New moon tide

• Full moon tide

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

• Full moon tide

• New moon tide

• Neap tide

• Spring tide

What is the regular rise and fall of sea level?

• Tide

• Wind

• Gravity

• Neap

The difference in levels of ocean water at high and low tides is the _________________.

• Low tide

• Tidal range

• High tide

• Slack water

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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

• True

• False

What type of tide will occur at 9:30 a.m.?

• Low

• High

• None

• High and low

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

• The Moon is farther away than the Sun

• The Moon is closer to the Earth than the Sun

What is the main cause of tides?

• Moon’s gravitational pull

• Sun’s gravitational pull

• Earth’s gravitational pull