tides and axis
What Is the greatest influence on the Tides?
The moon
What is the Greatest influence on the Seasons?
the tilt of the earth
What are the names of the 4 seasons?
summer winter fall spring
What is the highest water level during a cycle called?
high tide
What is the lowest water level during a cycle called?
low tide
What is the second greatest influence on the Tides?
The sun's gravitational pull
What is an equinox?
The time of year when day and night are equal.
When it is summer in the southern hemisphere what season is it in Canada?
Winter
What is the tide called which has the greatest difference between low and high tide?
Spring tides
What is the tide called which has the least difference between low and high tide?
neap tide
Which moon phases can lead to spring tides?
new and full moons
During which season is the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere?
Spring
What is the name of the equinox in Fall?
the autumnal equinox
Which moon phases lead to neap tides?
1st and 3rd quarter moons
Which type of tide is created by a 90 degree angle of the Sun-Earth-moon?
Neap tide
What angle is Earth’s axis tilted to?
23.5 degrees
What is the shortest day of the year called?
the winter solstice
What is an Solstice?
The longest or shortest day of the year
why do we experience day and night.
The earth rotates on its axis.
If yesterday’s tide was higher than the day before, and higher than today, what was yesterday likely?
A spring tide