Tides

Tidal periods are based on lunar days. How long is a lunar day?

• 24 hours

• 24 hours 50 minutes

• 12 hours 25 minutes

• 35 hours

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Which part of the monthly tidal cycle has higher tidal ranges?

• Spring tides

• Neap Tides

• They are equal

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Higher high tides are associated with syzygy. What does that mean?

• There is more water in the oceans

• The continents shrink

• The earth, moon and sun are at a right angle to each other

• The earth, moon and sun are in a straight line from each other

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Which scientist developed the laws of gravitation that explain the movement of tides

• Galileo

• Newton

• Cook

• Pasteur

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Where in the world is the largest tidal range found?

• Qiantang, China

• Cook Inlet, Alaska

• Porocora, Brazil

• Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia

Which kind of tides occur during quarter moons?

• Spring tides

• Neap tides

• Either tide may occur

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An ebb tide refers to...

• the tide when the moon is at perigee

• the tide during full and new moon

• when the tidal current is flowing towards land

• when the tidal current is flowing away from land

Amphidromic points have what tidal range?

• Depends on the lunar cycle

• Zero

• Increases when the moon is full

• The largest it can be

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Which tidal cycle is pictured?

• Diurnal

• Mixed Semidiurnal

• Semidiurnal

Which tidal cycle is pictured?

• Diurnal

• Mixed semidiurnal

• Semidiurnal