7th Grade Tides (Ch. 13, Lesson 4)

What causes tides?

• gravity
• wind
• spring
• neap

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The difference in levels of ocean water at high and low tides is the _________________.

• low tide
• tidal range
• high tide
• slack water

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What type of tide will occur at 9:30 a.m.?

• low 
• high 
• none
• high and low

What do we call the type of tide with small tidal ranges that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?

• Neap Tide
• Spring Tide
• Larger Change
• Smaller Change

Why does a spring tide create much higher tides than normal tidal ranges?

• Because the moon and sun are combining their gravitational strength

• Because the moon is in its spring position, causing it to create more force

• Because it happens during springtime when the water is the lightest

• Because this is when the moon grows in size and goes super saiyan

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

• F

• H

• G

• J

Differences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause _________.

• gravity
• lunar phases
• tides
• dabbing

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

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

Tides are the cycle of rising and falling ocean water that repeats automatically every

• 24 hours
• 12.5 hours
• 25 hours
• 6.25 hours