WorksheetsTides Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A[n] ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon.
a)
high
b)
neap
c)
low
d)
spring
2.
A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line.
a)
spring
b)
high
c)
low
d)
neap
3.
The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.
a)
high tide
b)
low tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
4.
A neap tide is a tide with the greatest difference between low and high tides
a)
true
b)
false
5.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon
d)
Venus
6.
What 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
7.
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
8.
What causes tides?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
9.
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
10.
You visited the beach at 12 pm (noon) and it is high tide. If you return 6 hours later what tide will you see?
a)
high
b)
low
11.
The Moon has a greater influence on Earth tides than the Sun because...
a)
it is smaller than the Sun
b)
it revolves around the Earth
c)
it is closer to the Earth
12.
Differences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause _________.
a)
gravity
b)
lunar phases
c)
tides
d)
dabbing
13.
What might happen if the moon were only half as large as it is now?
a)
There would be no tides.
b)
Most areas would receive fewer high tides each day.
c)
The ocean level would rise and fall less dramatically.
14.
What are tides?
a)
They are the rising and falling of ocean water.
b)
They are the rising and falling of ocean birds.
c)
They are the rising and falling of aquatic water.
d)
The freezing and melting of arctic ice
15.
Which type of moon position has the greatest effect on ocean tides?
a)
Earth moon Sun in straight line
b)
Earth moon Sun forming a 90o angle
16.
How many times per month does a spring tide occur?
a)
Once
b)
twice
c)
three times
d)
it changes every month
17.
What type of tide occurs during a new and full moon?
a)
Neap tides
b)
Spring tides
c)
Normal tides
18.
What type of tide occurs during the first or third quarter moon?
a)
Neap tides
b)
Spring tides
c)
Normal tides
19.
The difference in levels of ocean water at high and low tides is the _________________.
a)
low tide
b)
tidal range
c)
high tide
d)
slack water
20.
Which positions on Earth would give low tides?
a)
Z & X
b)
W & Y
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