Spring Tides and Neap Tides

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

• Sun

• Saturn

• Moon 

• Venus

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A___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are in a straight line.

• spring

• high

• low

• neap

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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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_______are daily changes in ocean water.

• Waters

• Tides

• Colors

• Earths

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The tidal bulge follows the movement of the _____.

• moon

• sun

• Earth

• ocean

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Because the moon is so much closer than the sun, the moon's gravitational force is much stronger than that of the ___.

• sun

• earth

• moon

• sea

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A ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon.

• high

• neap

• low

• spring

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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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As the _____ revolves around the Earth and Earth rotates, the tidal bulge moves around the Earth.

• sun

• ocean

• Earth

• moon

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What causes spring tides to occur?

• The alignment of the sun, Earth, and moon in a straight line

• The gravitational pull of the sun only

• The gravitational pull of the moon only

• The rotation of the Earth

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