Vocab
The rise and fall of the ocean water that occurs every 12.5 hours
What is a tide?
4
How many moon phases are there?
3
How many steps are in the tide cycle?
Combined forces produce a tide with the greatest difference between low and high tides
What is a Spring Tide?
The sun, earth, and moon are nearly in line
What is a New Moon
Gravity pulls the moon/earth/water toward each other.
What is step 1 in the tide cycle
The sun’s pull is at right angles to the moon's pull
What is a Neap Tide?
The line between earth and the sun at right angles to the line between earth and the moon
First Quarter Moon
As the earth rotates, one high tide occurs on the side of the earth
What is step 2 in the Tide cycle
What is a Neap Tide?
The sun’s pull is at right angles to the moon's pull
Moon and the sun are
on opposite sides of earth
What is a full moon?
Changes in the position of earth, the moon, and the sun affect the heights of the tide during the month
What is step 3 in the tide cycle
What is a Tide?
The rise and fall of ocean water that occurs every 12.5 hours
Moon and sun are on opposite sides of the earth
What is a third quarter moon?
6 hours
how long do tides rise and fall?