Tides: Moon Earth and the Sun

What is the correct alignment needed for a SPRING tide to occur?

• Sun, Earth, Moon

• Earth, Sun, Moon

• Sun, Moon, Earth

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What do we call the daily difference between high tide and low tide?

• Spring Tide

• Tidal Range

• Low Tide

• Neap Tide

What causes tides?

• Gravity of the Earth

• Gravity of the Moon

• Wind from the Earth

• Wind from the Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A neap tide occurs during which two lunar phases?

• Full Mooon and New Moon

• Waxing Crescent and Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous and Waning Gibbous

• 1st Quarter and 3rd Quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A spring tide occurs during which two lunar phases?

• New Moon and Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent and Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous and Waning Gibbous

• 1st Quarter and 3rd Quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How many times a day to we experience a change in tidal levels?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When sea levels are higher than average what type of tide is occuring?

• High Tide

• Low Tide

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

What causes a spring tide to have a higher tidal range?

• Gravity of the Moon

• Gravity of the Earth

• Gravity of the Sun

• None of the Above

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

When sea levels are lower than average, what type of tide is occuring?

• High Tide

• Low Tide

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus