WorksheetsTides
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon
d)
Venus
6.
Wha type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
full moon tide
b)
new moon tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
7.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
8.
What causes tides?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
9.
A[n] ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon.
a)
high
b)
neap
c)
low
d)
spring
10.
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
11.
What are tides?
a)
Tides are the daily rise and fall of earth's waters on its coastlines.
b)
Tides are the daily rise and fall of earth's waters on its orbit.
c)
Tides are the daily rise and fall of earth's waters on its axis.
d)
Tides are the daily rise and fall of earth's waters on the sun.
12.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon
d)
Venus
13.
What are Tides?
a)
Magic
b)
The rise and fall of sand levels
c)
The rise and fall of sea levels
d)
I don't know and I don't care
14.
What is a Spring tide?
a)
When Earth cries
b)
When the Sun, Moon, and Earth align at a 180 degree angle
c)
When the oceans flood
d)
When the Sun, the Moon and Earth align at a 90 degree angle
15.
What causes Tides?
a)
The gravitational pull of the Sun
b)
The gravitational pull of Saturn
c)
The gravitational pull of the Moon
d)
Both blue and orange
16.
What is a Neap tide?
a)
When the Sun, the Moon, and Earth align at a 90 degree angle
b)
When the Sun, the Moon, and Earth align at a 180 degree
c)
The angels' tears
d)
When the beach is clean
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