Tides (and more!)

The bulge of water of the side of Earth closest to the moon produces

• low tide
• spring tide
• high tide
• rip tide

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Water flows toward the high tides on opposite sides of the planet causing ______________ tides halfway between these high tide areas.

• high
• spring
• low
• neap

Tides are the cycle of rising and falling ocean water that repeats approximately every ______________ hours.

• 24
• 12.5
• 6.25
• 25

A spring tide can occur

• only in March.
• only in March, April, or May.
• during a full or new moon.
• during a first or third quarter moon.

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A neap tide has the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides.

• true
• false

The diagram shows the sun, moon, and Earth have a 90 degree alignment during a neap tide.

• True
• False

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During neap tide, the sun and the moon's gravitational pull on Earth is in the exact same direction.

• True
• False

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Tides are caused by

• gravitational pull on different parts of Earth from the sun only.
• gravitational pull on different parts of Earth from the moon only.
• differences in gravitational pull from the moon and sun.
• differences in rotation and revolution speed of Earth.

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What type of tide would happen if the sun, Earth, and moon were aligned as you see in the image?

• rip tide
• spring tide
• neap tide
• Tide laundry detergent

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What angle measure would you use to describe how the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned in this image?

• 90 degrees
• 45 degrees
• 180 degrees
• 360 degrees

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