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2/19 - TELPAS NON TESTERS  - Tides

2/19 - TELPAS NON TESTERS - Tides

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What causes tides?
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gravity
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wind
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spring
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neap

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Multiple Choice

Tides are the cycle of rising and falling ocean water that repeats automatically every

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24 hours

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12.5 hours

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25 hours

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6.25 hours

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Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
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Sun
2
Saturn
3
Moon 
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Venus

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Multiple Choice

If the sun is bigger than the moon, why does the

moon have a greater effect on tides?

1

The sun's gravity doesn't affect water.

2

The moon is much closer than the sun.

3

Although the moon is smaller than the sun, it has

more mass.

4

The earth blocks the sun's gravitational pull.

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Multiple Choice

Based on information from the movie, what would

you expect to happen to the number of high tides in

any given area if the rate of earth's rotation doubles?

1

They will occur about as often as before

2

They will occur about half as often

3

They will occur about four times more often

4

They will occur about twice as often

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Multiple Choice

At one beach, high tide occurs at 8 a.m. When will

the next high tide most likely occur?

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Noon

2

4 p.m.

3

8 p.m.

4

8 a.m. the next day

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What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
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neap tide
2
spring tide
3
new moon tide
4
full moon tide

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What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
1
full moon tide
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new moon tide
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neap tide
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spring tide

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Multiple Choice

What do we call the small tides that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?
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Neap Tide
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Spring Tide
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Larger Change
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Smaller Change

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What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
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Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 
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Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
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Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
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Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season

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Multiple Choice

What type of tide occurs during the first or third quarter moon?
1
Neap tides
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Spring tides
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Normal tides

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Multiple Choice

What type of tide occurs during a new and full moon?
1
Neap tides
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Spring tides
3
Normal tides

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This picture shows an area experiencing....
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low tide
2
high tide

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Multiple Choice

Neap tides happen at _________ and _________ phases of the moon.

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first quarter and new moon

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last quarter and full moon

3

waxing and waning

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1st quarter and 3rd quarter

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Multiple Choice

High tides and low tides each happen _____ times per day.

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4

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1

4

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Multiple Choice

During neap tides, the gravitational effects of the sun and moon ______________ together.

1

do not add

2

are added

3

increase

4

don't change

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Multiple Choice

Spring tides have the largest tidal ranges because...

1

the earth, moon, and sun are aligned for greater gravitational force.

2

the moon has the strongest gravitational force.

3

the sun has the most gravitational force.

4

none of the above

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