Waves and tides (week of January 20)

Which type of tides happen twice every day in most places?

• High/Low

• Spring

• Neap

The distance between one crest and the next (or one trough and the next) is known as the ______________.

• Amplitude

• Wave Height

• Wavelength

Tides are caused by

• the rotation of the Earth

• the orbit of the Moon

• gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon

• gravitational pull of just the Sun

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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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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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Surface ocean currents are generated mostly by

• the Coriolis effect
• water density
• tides
• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Water does not move, _____________ moves.

• Water
• Energy
• Waves
• Fish

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The highest point of the wave is called the

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• period

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The lowest part of the wave is called the

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• period

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1