Tides and Seasons

Front

What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create? Options: neap tide, spring tide, new moon tide, full moon tide

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spring tide

Front

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

Back

neap tide

Front

What causes tides?

Back

gravity

Front

Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

Back

Moon

Front

What do we call the type of tide with small tidal ranges that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?

Back

Neap Tide

Front

Why does the moon's gravitational pull have more of an effect on tides than the sun's gravitational pull?

Back

The moon is closer to the Earth than the sun.

Front

Why does a spring tide create much higher tides than normal tidal ranges?

Back

Because the moon and sun are combining their gravitational strength

Front

What is a high tide?

Back

Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

Front

As the _____ revolves around the Earth and Earth rotates, the tidal bulge moves around the Earth.

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moon

Front

____ ____ occur in the spaces between the high tides.

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Low tides