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Tides

Authored by Carrie Myerson

Science

6th - 8th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 15+ times

Tides
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What causes the ocean's tides?

Wind moving across the surface of the water

Energy from the Sun's rays

Gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon, and the rotation of the Earth

All of the above

None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is a diurnal tide?

A tide cycle where there is only one high and one low tide during a day

A tide cycle that occurs once a month

A tide cycle that occurs once a week

A tide cycle where there are two high and two low tides each day.

A tide that occurs three times a day

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do we call a high tide that occurs on the opposite side of the Earth from the Moon?

Semi-diurnal

Antipodal

Sublunar

Neap tide

Mixed tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What do we call the flow of water as the tide rises or falls?

Tidal current

Tidal river

Tidal stream

Tidal wave

Tidal movement

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the tidal range?

The time it takes for a low tide to become a high tide

The time between high tides

The rate at which the tide changes

The speed of the tidal current

The difference in sea level between the low tide and the high tide.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What tidal current occurs when the tide is moving away from the ocean and toward the shore?

Flood current

Ebb current

Slack water

All of the above

None of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What tidal current occurs exactly at high tide or low tide?

Flood current

Ebb current

Slack water

All of the above

None of the above

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