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Tides and Ocean floor

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following has the greatest influence on the Tides?

a)

The speed the Earth is rotating

b)

The moon's gravity

c)

The Sun's gravity

d)

The time of the year

2.

A spring tide is known for having very ___________ tides.

a)

Extreme

b)

High

c)

Moderate

d)

Low

3.

A neap tide is known for having very ___________ tides.

a)

Extreme

b)

High

c)

Moderate

d)

Low

4.

What type of tide occurs when the Sun, Earth and moon are arranged in a right angel?

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

c)

Snead tide

d)

Fall tide

5.

What type of tide occurs when the Sun, Earth and moon are arranged in a straight line?

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

c)

Neat Tide

d)

Fall Tide

6.

Which of the following moon phase would you expect to see during a spring tide.

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Which of the following moon phase would you expect to see during a neap tide.

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

This picture is a diagram of what type of tide?

a)

High

b)

Spring

c)

Neap

d)

Low

9.

This picture is a diagram of what type of tide?

a)

High

b)

Spring

c)

Neap

d)

Low

10.

Most places have 2 high tides and 2 low tides daily, this is because...

a)

One is caused by the moon and the other by the Sun

b)

There are 2 tidal buldges

c)

The Earth completes 2 rotations per day

d)

The moon orbits Earth twice per day

11.

Deep-ocean trenches are most common in the __________.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Gulf of mexico

12.

Mid-ocean ridges are most common in the __________.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Gulf of mexico

13.

Even though the continental shelf is found in the ocean, it is part of the __________ crust.

a)

Continental

b)

Oceanic

c)

Upper

d)

Inner

14.

The Abyssal Plain is know for being...

a)

dark, flat and barren.

b)

a very steep slope.

c)

canyons cut into the continental slope.

d)

submerged, flat-top, inactive volcanos.