Tidal Force

What astronomers call tides are a subtle but inexorable _______________________________ that have literally shaped most objects in the universe.

• freedom

• phrase

• force

• fellow

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

_________________________- is a force and it weakens with distance.

• Force

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Gravity

The taller you are the farther your head is from Earth's center, and the _________________ the the force it will feel.

• stronger

• weaker

The change in the force of gravity over distance is what astronomers call the____________________________.

• gravitational pull

• spring tide

• tidal force

• neap tide

Tides depend on gravity and if the gravity is weaker, so is the _____________________________.

• wave

• tidal force

• gravity

• pirate

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The overall effect of the tidal force is to _______________ an object.

• stretch

• squeeze

• squish

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The Earth facing the moon is pulled harder by the moon than the other side of the Earth.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

We measure gravity from the ______________ of objects.

• surfaces

• centers

• outside

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NGSS.5-PS2-1

The tidal force is strongest on the sides of the Earth facing toward and away from the moon and weakest _____________________________________.

• on the sides.

• on the top.

• on the bottom.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

If a beach is where the tidal force is low, the water's been pulled away from it and it's called __________________________.

• hight tide

• low tide