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Tides Environmental 8th

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are ocean tides?

a)

Short period waves caused by wind

b)

Long waves due to gravitational pull of moon only

c)

Long period waves caused by wind

d)

Long waves due to the gravitational pull between the earth, sun, and moon

2.

Which body has the greater effect on earths tides

a)

Sun

b)

Moon

c)

Saturn

d)

Venus

3.

When the moon is a full moon or new moon, what type of tide will we experience?

a)

Spring tide

b)

Riptide

c)

Neap tide

d)

Breaker tide

4.

Spring tides and neap tides occur in patterns governed by the

a)

Deep sea currents

b)

Surface currents

c)

Phases of the moon

d)

Seasons

5.

What happens where there is a spring tide

a)

Low tides

b)

Normal tides

c)

High tides

d)

Really high tides

6.

What causes tides

a)

Wind

b)

Spring

c)

Gravity

d)

Neap

7.

How many low tides and high tides are in a day

a)

2 low tides, 2 high tides

b)

1 low tide, 1 high tide

c)

4 low tides, 4 high tides

d)

3 low tides, 3 high tides

8.

The moon has a greater influence on earth tides than the sun because

a)

It revolves around the earth

b)

It’s smaller than the sun

c)

It is closer to the earth

d)

It has a lower temperature

9.

You visited the beach at 12 pm (lunchtime) and it is low tide. If you return 6 hours later, what tide will you see?

a)

high

b)

low

c)

none

d)

spring

10.

A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are inline.

a)

spring

b)

high

c)

low

d)

neap