Tides

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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


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