Waves Tides

Movement of energy through a body of water is a

• Tide

• current

• wave

• longshore drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The development of a wave usually begins with

• currents

• wind

• gravity

• tsunamis

The top of a wave is its

• trough

• crest

• wave height

• wave length

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The bottom of a wave is its

• trough

• crest

• wave height

• wave length

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The rising tide is also called:

• ebb tide

• spring tide

• flood tide

• neap tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The distance from one crest to another is

• trough

• crest

• wave height

• wave length