Tides Practice Questions

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

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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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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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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What happens when there is a spring tide

• high tides 
• really high tides
• low tides

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Spring tides and neap tides occur in patterns governed by the

• phases of the moon
• seasons (fall, winter, etc.)
• surface currents
• deep sea currents

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What do we call a tide that has a large range between the high and low tides?

• gravity tide
• wind tide
• spring tide
• neap tide

What do we call the small tides that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?

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

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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What are tides?

• More water filling up the ocean
• The rising and falling of the water on the earth surface
• Jupiter orbiting the moon
• Waves in the oceans 

Neap tides occur once a month. 

• True
• False

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