WorksheetsTides and Ocean floor
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following has the greatest influence on the Tides?
The speed the Earth is rotating
The moon's gravity
The Sun's gravity
The time of the year
A spring tide is known for having very ___________ tides.
Extreme
High
Moderate
Low
A neap tide is known for having very ___________ tides.
Extreme
High
Moderate
Low
What type of tide occurs when the Sun, Earth and moon are arranged in a right angel?
Spring Tide
Neap Tide
Snead tide
Fall tide
What type of tide occurs when the Sun, Earth and moon are arranged in a straight line?
Spring Tide
Neap Tide
Neat Tide
Fall Tide
Which of the following moon phase would you expect to see during a spring tide.
Which of the following moon phase would you expect to see during a neap tide.
This picture is a diagram of what type of tide?
High
Spring
Neap
Low
This picture is a diagram of what type of tide?
High
Spring
Neap
Low
Most places have 2 high tides and 2 low tides daily, this is because...
One is caused by the moon and the other by the Sun
There are 2 tidal buldges
The Earth completes 2 rotations per day
The moon orbits Earth twice per day
Deep-ocean trenches are most common in the __________.
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of mexico
Mid-ocean ridges are most common in the __________.
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of mexico
Even though the continental shelf is found in the ocean, it is part of the __________ crust.
Continental
Oceanic
Upper
Inner
The Abyssal Plain is know for being...
dark, flat and barren.
a very steep slope.
canyons cut into the continental slope.
submerged, flat-top, inactive volcanos.
