Earth Tides

Changes in the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun affect the height of high tides during a month. 

• True

• False

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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 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

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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

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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 

If tides alternate from high to low and there are two of each type of tide a day, about how many hours will generally be between each different tide?

• 2 hours

• 6 hours

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

How many low tides and high tides happen in a day?

• low tide, high tide

• low tides, high tides

• low tides, high tides

• low tides, high tides

A new moon results in a ____ Tide

• Neap

• Spring

• Neither

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