Currents and Tides

____________are caused by the moon’s gravitational pull on the Earth.

• Tides

• Breaker

• Through

• Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Tides are the regular rise and fall of ocean water.

• True

• False

Tides rise and fall about_________ a day.

• once

• monthly

• twice

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_______________ are flowing streams of water that move continually through the ocean in a specific direction.

• Carrots

• Breakers

• Currents

• Tides

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Jackson and Evelyn are studying the alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. What type of tides would this arrangement create?

• neap tide

• spring tide

• new moon tide

• full moon tide

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In some parts of the world like Alaska and China, the flood tide causes large waves to form as the water rushes into an inlet. This is called:

• ebb tide

• king tide

• spring tide

• bore tide

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Some coastlines only experience one high tide and one low tide each day. This pattern is called:

• mixed tides

• semidiurnal tides

• diurnal tides

• bore tides

The rising tide is also called:

• ebb tide

• spring tide

• flood tide

• neap tide

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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___________ current is caused by the movement of the earth and by the force and direction of the wind.

• Surface

• Through

• Barrier

• Inlet

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