Tides Table

As the moon revolves around the earth, the water follows the motion and causes...

• sea levels

• waves and currents

• moon phases

• high tides and low tides

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

• 4

• 2

• 1

• 24

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Janis lives near the ocean. What observations can Janis make about the moon's phases that she can relate to the ocean's tides?

• that the moon phases effect high tides and low tides

• the moon does not affect the tides

• waxing and waning crescents affect the tides

• only new moon and full moon affect the tides

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Which of the following greatly contribute to high tides?

• earth's gravitational pull on moon

• sun's gravitational pull on moon

• sun's gravitational pull on earth

• moon's gravitational pull on earth

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In some parts of the world like Alaska and China, the flood tide causes large waves to form as the water rushes into an inlet. This is called:

• ebb tide

• king tide

• spring tide

• bore tide

Jackson and Evelyn are studying the alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. What type of tides would this arrangement create?

• neap tide

• spring tide

• new moon tide

• full moon tide

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What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• neap tide

• spring tide

• new moon tide

• full moon tide

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Some coastlines only experience one high tide and one low tide each day. This pattern is called:

• mixed tides

• semidiurnal tides

• diurnal tides

• bore tides

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What type of tide is evident when the moon is in the full moon phase?

• high tide

• low tide

• spring tide

• neap tide

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The data table above contains information about high and low tides for a particular location. The data in this table best supports which of the following conclusions?

• The difference between high and low tides is greatest during a new or full moon.

• The high and low tides are always exactly the same during first and third quarter moons.

• The highest high and lowest low tides usually happen a few days after we see a full moon.

• High tides get gradually higher and low tides get gradually lower throughout the lunar cycle.

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