Tides
It takes approximately ____ hours to go from HIGH tide to HIGH tide
12 hours
Most beaches on Earth have______ each day
2 High Tides and 2 Low Tides
Tides: Moon
A cold: virus
What is a gravitational pull
A force that pulls towards the center
There are two tidal bulges on Earth
All the time
What is attraction
An object is being pulled towards another object
Neap Tides occur
At the first quarter and third quarter moons
If I wanted to see the MOST tide pools, I would want to visit the coast during
Full or new moons, when the Spring Tides occur
Spring Tides happen during _____ and ______ moons and Neap Tides happen during ______ moons
Full, New and Quarter Moons
Spring Tides-very high or very low tides
If the Sun, Moon and Earth are lined up
the point on the shoreline that the tide decreases the most
Low Tide
Which one of these plays the most important roll in tides
Moon
What type of tide is shown here
Neap Tides
If the Sun, Moon and Earth form a right angle
Neap tides- when there is almost no difference in tides
The Sun, Moon and Earth are all in a line during
New and Full Moons
How many high tides does a typical ocean beach get a day
Two
what is a high tide
When the sea is at its highest point
what is a low tide
When the sea is at its lowest point
Which points in the diagram of the Earth would have High Tides
a and c
Which points on the diagram would have lowtides
b and d
The best times to dig for clams is at NIGHT and LOW tides. To get the most clams, you should go
during the Full Moon
What causes tides
gravity of the moon and sun
The farthest point the tides rise up the shoreline is called?
high tide
Neap Tides form
the lowest high tides
What is a spring tide
Tides that occur when the Moon, Sun and Earth are alligned
Tides are mostly caused by
The Moon's pull of gravity on the Earth
A Spring Tide occurs when
The Sun, Moon, and Earth are all in a line
Tides are
The daily rise and fall of the Earth's water along the shore
What are tides
The rise and fall of sea level
