Marine Unit

When the Sun and the Moon are lined up with one another, their effects add together. (Happens at Full Moons). This produces what kind of Tide?

• Neap Tides

• Displacement Tides

• Solar Tides

• Spring Tides

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the Sun and Moon are at Right Angles, their effects partially cancel one another, These tides are known as:

• Temporal Tides

• Neap Tides

• Spring Tides

• Summer Tides

Which if the Tides Result in the greatest Surge of water?

• Spring Tides

• Neap Tides

Which of the following is a Tidal Pattern? (Check all that apply)

• Diurnal

• Annual

• Mixed Semidiurnal

• Semi Diurnal

Semi Diurnal Tides are Tides that occur:

• One High and One Low Tide: Once a Day

• One High Tide: Once a Day

• One Low Tide Twice a Day

• One High and One Low Tide: Twice a Day

Diurnal Tides are Tides that occur:

• One High Tide and One Low Tide: Once a Day

• Two High Tides and Two Low Tides: Twice a Day

• Only High Tides: Once a Day

• Only Low Tides Once a Day

Tides can Produce Waves that can be up to 8 m high. These waves are called:

• Ebb Tides

• Flood Tides

• Tidal Compression Waves

• Tidal Bores

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When two the crest of two waves collide, they add together to produce a higher wave. This is known as:

• Wave Cancellation

• Wave Displacement

• Wave Reinforcement

• Intermediate Displacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Biogenic Sediment

• Sediment that is at least 30 percent skeletal remains of marine life

• Sediment made of biomatter

• Sediment consisting of fossil fuels and organic plants

• Sediment that is at least 5 percent skeletal remains of marine life

Plankton

• Microscopic green organisms made up of 300 cells

• Microscopic animals that depend on algae and coral to survive

• Microscopic plants that only inhabit the Great Barrier Reef and the Atlantic Ocean

• Microscopic plants

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3