Tides Quiz

Directions: Write High Tide or Low Tide in the blanks. 1. ________ (Refer to the diagram showing the Earth and Moon)

• High Tide

• Low Tide

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

Directions: Write High Tide or Low Tide in the blanks. 2. ________ (Refer to the diagram showing the Earth and Moon)

• Low Tide

• High Tide

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

Directions: Write High Tide or Low Tide in the blanks. 3. ________ (Refer to the diagram showing the Earth and Moon)

• High Tide

• Low Tide

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

Directions: Write High Tide or Low Tide in the blanks. 4. ________ (Refer to the diagram showing the Earth and Moon)

• Low Tide

• High Tide

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

Directions: Write Spring Tide or Neap Tide in the blanks. 5. __________________________ (Refer to the diagram showing the Sun, Earth, and Moon in a straight line)

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

• High Tide

• Low Tide

Directions: Write Spring Tide or Neap Tide in the blanks. 6. __________________________ (Refer to the diagram showing the Sun, Earth, and Moon at a right angle)

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

• High Tide

• Low Tide

Directions: Choose the letter that best answers the questions or completes the statement. Sam likes to surf at the beach during hightide when the waves are at their highest. He knows that the area where he is vacationing last experienced high tide at 10 PM. If he wants to surf during the next high tide, when is the best time for him to go to the beach?

• 10 AM

• 4 PM

• 12 PM

• 4 AM

During a __________ tide, the highest tide possible is reached.

• leap

• neap

• summer

• spring

Low tide occurs _____ times a day.

• 4

• 12

• 2

• 1

Both the Sun’s and the Moon’s gravitational forces affect tides. If the sun is bigger than the moon, why does the moon have a greater effect on tides?

• The sun’s gravity doesn’t affect water

• The moon is much closer than the sun

• Although the moon is smaller than the sun, it has more mass

• The earth blocks the sun’s gravitational pull