Time And Tide

A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 

• spring
• high
• low
• neap

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Gravity is a force, and it weakens with _____

• distance
• time
• velocity
• acceleration

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

We can envision tides as a point on Earth rotating through two _________ caused by gravity from the Moon and Sun, and inertia

• tidal bulges
• ellipses
• tsunamis
• clouds

Differences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause _________.

• gravity
• lunar phases
• tides
• dabbing

If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?

• increase because gravitational force increases
• decrease because gravitational force decreases
• decrease because gravitational force increases
• nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Complete the following statement: The farther away two planets are the _______ the gravitational force between them.

• more
• same
• dosen't matter
• less

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Force of gravity is directly proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4