Hydrosphere - Tides & Ocean Currents

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

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

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

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

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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

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Ocean water contains stream-like movements of water called _____________  _____________.

• ocean currents
• ocean temperature
• surface currents
• deep current

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Currents are influenced by weather, the Earth's rotation, and the position of the _______.

• sun
• continents
• wind

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The apparent curving of moving objects from a straight path due to Earth's rotation is called the _____________  effect.

• Coriolis
• Jupiter
• sun
• continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When surface currents meet continents, the currents _____________, or change direction.

• deflect
• jump
• stop

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What three factors work together to form a pattern of surface currents on Earth?

• weather, wind, sun
• global winds, the Coriolis effect, continental deflections
• global winds, the Coriolis effect, sun
• the Coriolis effect, continental deflections, the moon

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