MS - Tides

As salinity  increases

• Density increases
• Density decreases
• Stays the same

The number of waves that pass a fixed point in one second is called the

• wavelength

• wave period

• wave freuquency

• wave flow

Tides are caused by

• the coriolis effect

• the suns gravity only

• primarily the sun's gravity with a little effect from the moon

• primarily the moons gravity with a little effect from the sun

During _____ tides, the sun and moon align relative to earth. During _____ tides they are at right angles to earth

• neap, spring

• summer, neap

• spring, summer

• spring, neap

Which type of tide has two equal high and low tide cycles daily?

• Diurnal

• Semidiurnal

• Mixed

• Spring

• Neap

A system of four currents completing a flow circuit around the edge of an ocean basin is collectively called a:

• cell

• gyre

• gimble

• carroll pattern

The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

A spring tide is higher than a neap tide and only occurs during the spring and summer months in each hemisphere.

• True

• False

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

• high tide
• low tide
• neap tide
• spring tide

What answer choice best describes the load of sediment transported along the beach from the breaker zone to the top of the swash line?

• swash

• backwash

• longshore current

• longshore drift

• wintertime beach