8.7C Tides

A neap tide is a tide with the greatest difference between low and high tides

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• false

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Neap tides occur once a month. 

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• False

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Changes in the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun affect the height of high tides during a month. 

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• False

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Which type of tides would this arrangement of the Earth-Moon-Sun create?

• neap tide

• spring tide

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Which phase of the moon is represented in this diagram?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• last quarter/third quarter

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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Why does the moon's gravitational pull have more of an 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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Neap tides happen at _________ and _________ phases of the moon.

• first quarter and new moon

• last quarter and full moon

• waxing and waning

• 1st quarter and 3rd quarter

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What type of tide is evident when the moon is in the full moon phase?

• spring tide

• neap tide

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The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.

• high tide

• low tide