What is the gravitational pull can be strong or week, but when the moon's pull is the strongest that is when spring tides form.
100
How many times does a neap tide happen each month.
What is two times
100
How long does it take for high tide to occur?
What is 12 hours and 25 minutes
100
Tides are caused by the gravitational attraction of what two celestial bodies?
What is the moon and the sun.
100
What is a tidal range?
What is the difference between high and low tides.
200
when spring tides are formed the sun and moon are considered to be at this angle.
What is a 180 degree
200
During a neap tides, high tides are...
What is lower than normal?
200
What forms in the areas between the high tides?
What is a low tide
200
How long is a lunar day?
What is 29.5 Earth days.
200
What is the basic definition of tides?
What is The cycle of of rising and falling of the surface of bodies of water caused by the attraction of the moon and sun.
300
a solar eclipse happens once every year, this tide would form during the eclipse
What is spring tide
300
During what two moon phases does neap tides occur on?
What is First and third quarter
300
True of False - You can never tell when a low tide happens.
What is false sometimes you can tell when it is a low tide.
300
Which celestial body has a greater effect on tidal forces on Earth?
What is the Moon
300
Tides that have the largest daily tidal range.
What are spring tides?
400
Spring tides occur during what two moon phases?
What is new moon and full moon
400
why are high tides lower than normal during a neap tide?
What is the forces of gravity from sun and moon fight against each other
400
Why do most coastal areas experience two high tides and two low tides?
What is The gravity of the moon pulls the water on the earth toward it as the earth rotates around its axis. The water on the earth is pulled into a high tide 2 times per day
400
Where do the highest tides happen
What is the Bay Of Fundy in Canada
400
A tidal bulge that is smaller than normal, resulting in less extreme high and low tides is called a what?
What is a neap tide
500
Name the two orders of the Earth, Sun and Moon during a Spring Tide
What is 1. Sun, Moon then Earth
2. Sun, Earth and Moon
500
During a neap tides, high tides are...
What is lower than normal?
500
In many places there are ______ and _______ each day.
What are are two high tides and two low tides?
500
How many spring and neap tides occur in a lunar month?
What is two sets of spring and two sets of neap tides occur
500
An extra-high tidal bulge and an extra-low tidal dip that occurs at the time of the new and full Moon is called what?