Ocean Tides
Tide Pools
Trade Winds
Spring and Neap Tides
Eclipses
100
What are the two main parts of a wave made up of?
Crests and Trough
100
What are daily changes in the level of ocean water called?
Tides
100
In both hemispheres, the wind that blows from 30 degrees latitude almost to the equator are called?
Trade Winds
100
What tide has the smallest daily tidal range?
Neap Tides
100
What happens when the shadow of one celestial body falls on another body.
it forms an Eclipse
200
What are rolling waves that move steadily across the ocean?
Swells
200
A _____ ______ is the difference between the level of ocean water at high tides and the level at low tides? What goes into the blank?
Tidal Range
200
What are the wind belts found between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres called?
Westerlies
200
This tide occurs during the first and third quarters?
Neap Tides
200
What eclipse happens when Earth is between the sun and the moon, and Earth's shadow falls on the moon?
Lunar Eclipse
300
What are waves that move in water deeper than one-half their wavelength?
Deep-Water waves
300
High tides occur on the part of Earth that is ________ to the moon. What goes in the blank?
Closest
300
What are the trade winds of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres meet in an area around the equator called?
Doldrums
300
What tide has the largest daily tidal range?
Spring Tides
300
What eclipse happens when the moon is between Earth and the sun, and the moon's shadow falls on Earth?
Solar Eclipse
400
What is the area between the breaker zone and the shore called?
Surf
400
Tides are influenced by?
Gravity
400
______ _____ , are narrow belts of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere. What goes in the blank?
Jet Streams
400
This tide occurs during the new and full moon, or every 14 days.
Spring Tide
400
__________ eclipses can happen only during a full moon. What goes in the blank?
Lunar Eclipse
500
________ / __________ = wave speed? What goes in the two blanks?
Wavelength / Wave Period
500
Tides are determined by Earth's rotation and what?
The Moon's Revolution Around Earth
500
What causes the trade winds to curve to the west in the Northern Hemisphere and to the east in the Southern Hemisphere?
The Coriolis Effect
500
How often do neap tides occur?
twice a month
500
________ eclipses can happen only during a first and last quarter. What goes in the blank?
Solar Eclipse
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