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Tides

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What causes the tides to move

a)

The earths rotation

b)

The sun and moon

c)

asteroids

d)

the fish

2.

When does a spring tide happen?

a)

After a New moon

b)

After a full moon

c)

after dinner

d)

in the morning

3.

when does a neap tide happen?

a)

after a full moon

b)

after a solar eclipse

c)

after first quarter of the moon

d)

after the third quarter of the moon

e)

after school

4.

what are tides?

a)

Tides are the rise and fall of the world's oceans.

b)

they are the ways the earth moves

c)

the way the sun moves

d)

the way the dinasours were killed

5.

Does the Sun or the moon have greater influence on the tides on Earth?

a)

The moon has the greater effect.

b)

the sun is bigger

c)

the sun has a greater effect

d)

both

6.

how many days does a neap tide occur after a spring tide

a)

9

b)

7

c)

21

d)

67

7.

what is a high tide

a)

water that flows to india

b)

water that evaporates into the clouds

c)

water that you drink

d)

where the water is pulled twards the moon making the earth closer

8.
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
9.
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
10.
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?
a)
2 hours
b)
6 hours
c)
12 hours
d)
24 hours
11.
How many low tides and high tides happen in a day?
a)
1 low tide, 1 high tide
b)
4 low tides, 4 high tides
c)
3 low tides, 3 high tides
d)
2 low tides, 2 high tides
12.
Neap tides occur once a month. 
a)
True
b)
False
13.

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

14.

what is the bulge on both sides of the earth called

a)

low tide

b)

true

c)

high tide

d)

false

15.

The sun has a greater pull on tides than the moon

a)

False

b)

True

16.

The moon has a greater pull on the tides than the sun

a)

false

b)

true

17.

a spring tide occurs when a neap tide occurs

a)

false

b)

true

18.

a spring tide occurs when the sun,earth, and the moon are in a straight line

a)

true

b)

false

19.

tides move because the earths gravity

a)

false

b)

true

20.

fish have an effect on tide

a)

false

b)

true