Spring and Neap Tides

What is the name of the part of the wave that is labeled A?

Tags

CCSS.HSF.TF.B.5

What is the name of the part of the wave that is labeled B?

Tags

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

What is the name of the part of the wave labeled C?

Tags

CCSS.HSF.TF.B.5

What is the part of the wave that is labeled D called?

Tags

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.7

CCSS.HSF.TF.B.5

What is the name of the part of wave that has the line drawn

through it, that is labeled E, called?

Tags

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.7

CCSS.HSF.TF.B.5

What causes tides?

• How strong the winds blow across the water's surface.

• How high the crest is and how low the trough is of that wave.

• The largest tidal range occurs when Earth, the Moon and the Sun form a straight line.

• The gravitational interaction between the Sun, Earth and Moon.

What type of tide will you have when the Earth, Moon and Sun are in these positions?

• Spring Tide

• New Moon

• Neap Tide

• Bulging Tide

What type of tide will occur when the Earth, Moon and Sun are in these positions?

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

• Tidal Range

• High frequency tidal wave

What type of tide will occur when the Earth, Moon and Sun are in this sequence (order)?

• Spring Tide

• Amplitude Tide

• Neap Tide

• Right Angle Tide

What type of tide occurs (happens) when the Earth, Moon and Sun are in these positions (order)?

• Spring Tide

• Rip Tide

• High Frequency Tide

• Neap Tide