Ocean Tides

Lunar phase and position does NOT have any effect on Earth's tides.

• True

• False

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What are tides?

• the waves caused by wind

• the alternating rising and falling of ocean water and seas

• the stuff you used to clean your clothes

• something men wear around their neck

Neap tides occur during_____.

• Both 1st and 3rd quarter

• Both full moon and new moon

• All moon phases

• None of the moon phases

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Spring tides occur during which phase(s) of the moon?

• Both 1st quarter and 3rd quarter

• All of them

• None of them

• Both full and new

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When the Sun and the Moon combine their gravitational pull in the same direction, the impact of each body's pull creates a spring tide.

• True

• False

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The pull of ______ gravity is the primary cause of tides.

• the moon's

• the sun's

• Mars'

• Earth's

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The Moon revolves around the Earth in about:

• once a year

• once a month

• once a week

• none of these choices

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_______ are when the water reaches its highest point.

• Moon tides

• High tides

• Neap tides

• Low tides

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Which of the following are correctly describe neap tides? Choose ALL that apply.

• Moon, Earth and Sun are aligned in a right angle

• Occur in between spring tides

• Occur only under full and new moons

• Occur only in 1st and 3rd quarter lunar phases

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Why does the moon's gravitational pull have more of effect on tides than the sun's gravitational pull?

• they are the same
• the moon is larger than the sun
• tides are not caused by the moon
• the moon is closer to the Earth than the sun