Waves
Tides
24 hour clock
Moon
Visuals
100
The type of breaker best to surf
What is Plunging Breaker?
100
The main driving force of tides
What is the gravitational pull of sun and moon
100
Convert to military time- 6:45am
What is 0645?
100
The phase immediately following new moon
What is waxing crescent moon?
100
ID letter D
What is wavelength?
200
The molecules inside a wave travel in
What is Circular Orbits (Oscillations)?
200
The vertical change in distance between high and low tide
What is tidal range?
200
Convert midnight to military time
What is 2400 (0000)?
200
ID the phase (include waning or waxing)
What is waxing gibbous?
200
Types of interference for each letter
What is A- destructive result, B- destructive interference, C- constructive result and D- constructive interference
300
The number of waves that pass a specific point on a pier in a set amount of time
What is wave frequency?
300
The tide resulting when the moon is positioned half way between full and new
What is neap tide?
300
If today's tide is 3:30pm, calculate tomorrow's tide (in military time)
What is 1620?
300
ID the phase (include waning or waxing)
What is waning crescent?
300
The type of tide shown in the graph
What is semidiurnal?
400
The type of wave interference that results in larger waves
What is Constructive Interference?
400
A type of tide that has two unequal high and low tides in a 24 hour period
What is a mixed semidiurnal tide?
400
If tonight's tide occurs at midnight, calculate tomorrow nights tide time (military time)
What is 0050?
400
When the sun, moon and earth are aligned it causes
What is a spring tide?
400
The variation/range between low tides on 12/8/21
What is 10.24 feet?
500
List 4 actions that result in waves
What are:
1) wind, 2) storm surge, 3) underwater movements and 4) gravitational force of the sun and moon?
500
Determine largest tidal range on 12/7/21
What is 14.40 feet
500
Estimate the next high tide by adding 12 hours and 25 minutes, the current tide is 0436
What is 1701?
500
The length of a lunar tidal day
What is 24 hours and 50 min
500
What is the tidal range between 0600 and 1200 on March 20th?
What is 1.2 meters?