High & Low Tides
Spring & Neap Tides
Earth Rotation & Revolution
Seasons
Vocabulary
100
What is the major force that causes high and low tides?
Gravity
100
The moon phase that is not visible from earth and causes spring tides
New moon
100
True or false - Rotation and Revolution mean the same thing
False
100
The tilt and revolution of the earth around the sun cause ________
Seasons
100
The periodic rise and fall of the oceans
Tides
200
Which type of tide is indicated by a large bulge of water?
High
200
Which tide creates a 90 degree angle when you draw a line from the sun to the earth to the moon?
Neap
200
What does rotation cause?
Day and night
200
Based on the diagram at which point would the Northern Hemisphere be experiencing Winter?
3
200
An extreme type of tide where the high tides are the highest and the low tides are the lowest
Spring tide
300
How long does it take for the moon and high tide to make a complete orbit around the earth?
About 28 days
300
Which tide creates a straight line when you draw a line from the sun to the earth to the moon?
Spring
300
True or false - Rotation determines how much heat reaches each hemisphere
False - (Revolution and tilt determine the heat/seasons)
300
Based on the diagram above at which point is the Northern hemisphere experiencing summer?
1
300
A moderate tide that is caused by gravity pulling water in two different directions. The sun and moon are at right angles.
Neap tide
400
How many low tides will South Padre Island have in a 24 hour period?
What is 2?
400
Which tide would occur during a solar eclipse?
Spring
400
If the earth did not _______ we would not experience seasons as we revolved around the sun
Tilt
400
Based on the diagram above at which point is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing the longest amount of daylight?
3
400
The angle of this for Earth is 23.5 degrees
Tilt
500
Based on the diagram above, whichtype of tide is occurring at the red "X"?
Nep Low tide
500
What causes there to be multiple high and low tides in one day?
The earth's rotation on its axis
500
Days are longer during winter or summer?
Summer
500
Based on the diagram above at which point is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing Fall?
2
500
What is the name of the period of time where the days are the longest and the nights are the shortest?
Summer Solstice