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Tides Vocab Practice Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The highest and lowest monthly tides, caused by the alignment of the sun and moon with respect to Earth, high tidal range

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

c)

Mixed Tide

d)

Diurnal Tide

2.

An outgoing tidal flow

a)

Slack Current

b)

Flood Current

c)

Storm Surge

d)

Tidal Bore

3.

The tidal pattern of two roughly equal high and low tides per day

a)

Semidiurnal Tide

b)

Diurnal Tide

c)

Mixed Tide

d)

Neap Tide

4.

Bulge or wave caused by low pressure at the center of a cyclonic storm

a)

Storm Surge

b)

Tidal Bore

c)

Slack Current

d)

Flood Current

5.

Area over which the wind blows

a)

Fetch

b)

Flood Current

c)

Slack Current

d)

Storm Surge

6.

The tidal pattern of two unequal high and low tides per day

a)

Mixed Tide

b)

Diurnal Tide

c)

Semidiurnal Tide

d)

Spring Tide

7.

Wave created where an incoming tide flows into a narrow area

a)

Tidal Bore

b)

Storm Surge

c)

Flood Current

d)

Fetch

8.

Weaker monthly tide formed when the Sun, Moon and Earth form a right angle, low tidal range

a)

Neap Tide

b)

Spring Tide

c)

Diurnal Tide

d)

Mixed Tide

9.

Tidal pattern of a single high and low tide per day

a)

Diurnal Tide

b)

Semidiurnal Tide

c)

Mixed Tide

d)

Spring Tide

10.

An incoming tidal flow

a)

Flood Current

b)

Slack Current

c)

Spring Tide

d)

Neap Tide