Tides

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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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

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

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

• Tidal current

• Tidal river

• Tidal stream

• Tidal wave

• Tidal movement

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.

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

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

What type of tide occurs when the sea level is at its lowest?

• High

• Low

• Spring

• Neap tide

• Semidiurnal

What type of tide occurs when the tidal range is at its smallest?

• High

• Low

• Spring

• Neap tide

• Semidiurnal

What type of tide cycle occurs twice a day?

• High

• Low

• Spring

• Neap tide

• Semidiurnal