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tides

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a tide

a)

The alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.

b)

An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.

c)

each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.

d)

drift with or as if with the tide.

2.
Differences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause _________.
a)
gravity
b)
lunar phases
c)
tides
d)
dabbing
3.
The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.
a)
high tide
b)
low tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
4.
Water flows toward the high tides, halfway between them causing ____________.
a)
neap tide
b)
high tide
c)
spring tide
d)
low tides
5.

What is a high tide?

a)

Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

b)

Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon

c)

Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

6.
Tides are caused by
a)
strong winds that blow over ocean waters.
b)
the interaction of Earth, the moon and the sun.
c)
the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.
d)
variations in the salinity of ocean water
7.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon 
d)
Venus
8.
Tides are caused mainly by the differences in how much gravity from the moon and the sun pulls on different parts of the Earth. 
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Changes in the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun affect the height of high tides during a month. 
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What type of tide occurs during the first or third quarter moon?
a)
Neap tides
b)
Spring tides
c)
Normal tides