Neap Tides
Do spring tides only occur during spring?
No, they can appear during all seasons.
Tides
The rising and falling of the ocean's surface.
What is a high tide?
When the ocean tides are at their highest point in the day.
What is a low tide?
The point at which ocean tides are at the lowest point of the day.
Would a neap tide occur after a waning crescent?
Would a spring tide occur after a waxing gibbous moon phase?
Yes
High Tide
This occurs when the ocean water reaches its highest level during the day.
What factors can be affected by high tide?
Humans and animals can drown or swim freely, floods can appear in nearby areas, etc.
True or false-there are 4 low tides everyday.
False
What moon phases occur during a neap tide?
First and third quarters.
What moon phases occur during a spring tide?
Full and New moons.
Low Tide
Occurs when ocean water is at its lowest level during the day.
How many times does this occur in a day?
Twice a day
How many times does this occur in a day?
Twice a day
Why are neap tides weak?
Neap tides are weak because the formation of the Sun, Moon, and Earth causes a right angle. This causes the bulges from the ocean to cancel each other out.
How many times does a spring tide occur in a month?
Twice a month
Spring Tide
The greatest difference between low and high tide.
What causes high tides?
The Moon and the Sun's gravitational pull.
What happens to the water during a low tide?
When the tides recede, the waters move away from the shore and exposes the shoreline.
How is the Sun, Moon, and Earth positioned during neap tides?
At a 90-degree angle.
How is the Sun, Moon, and Earth positioned during spring tides?
In a straight line.
Neap Tide
The least amount of difference between high and low tides.
On which sides of the Earth do high tides occur?
The sides closest to and farthest away from the Moon.
Organisms that live near the shore can dry-out, boats and other objects floating on the water can fall to the shore, ocean vegetation is limited near the shore, etc.