Ocean Tides

What is the periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans?

• Tide
• Tidal range
• Spring Tide
• Neap Tide

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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

• full moon tide
• new moon tide
• neap tide
• spring tide

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

• neap tide
• spring tide
• new moon tide
• full moon tide

What do we call a tide that has a large range between the high and low tides?

• gravity tide
• wind tide
• spring tide
• neap tide

Which moon phase would have the GREATEST effect on ocean tidal ranges.

• 1st quarter
• 3rd quarter
• new moon
• waxing gibbous

Tides are caused by

• strong winds that blow over ocean waters.
• the interaction of Earth, the moon and the sun.
• the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.
• variations in the salinity of ocean water

Approximately how many hours will pass between high tide and the following low tide?

• 6 hours
• 12 hours
• 18 hours
• 24 hours

During a neap tide, the position of the Sun, Moon, and Earth...

• form a 90 degree angle
• form a straight line

Neap tides occur once a month. 

• True
• False