High Tides
Low Tides
Spring Tides
Neap Tides
Random Tide Questions
100
When a tide is at it's highest level.
What is a high tide
100
Can a low tide drain a area of water?
What is yes
100
How many times does a Spring Tide happen in a month?
What is twice
100
When a tide is in the middle of a low tide and a high tide twice a month is called ______
What is a neap tide
100
How are tides caused?
What is by the differences on how much the moon's gravity pulls on different places on the earth.
200
There are _______ areas with high tides.
What is 2 areas
200
When a tide is at it's lowest level
What is a low tide
200
Name the two orders of the Earth, Sun and Moon during a Spring Tide
What is Sun, Moon then Earth and Sun, Earth and Moon
200
What angle are the sun and moon at during a neap tide?
What is a right angle
200
Where you are standing on the Earth and the sun is right of you and the moon is left of you. (vise versa)
What is a low tide
300
Do high tides affect boats
What is yes
300
Can low tides be a dramatic drop in water level?
What is yes
300
When the gravity of the sun and the moon pull in the same direction.
What is a spring tide
300
How many times does a neap tide happen each month.
What is twice a month
300
Every ____ hours the tide changes from a high tide to low tide (vise versa)
What is every 6 hours
400
True or False - High tides can fill up canals.
What is true
400
True or False - There are 8 low tides every 24 hours.
What is false
400
True or False - It doesn't matter in which order the sun, Earth and moon are lined up for a spring tide at full moon and new moon
What is - True
400
What tide is it when the first and third quarters of the moon phases the Earth and sun are at right angles.
What is a neap tide
400
How many places on Earth have a high tide and a low tide at the same time?
What is two
500
What two objects in space cause a high tide?
What is the sun and moon.
500
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.
500
What moon phases is it when a spring tide happens? 2 phases Hint - How much the moon is lit up is exact opposite Dark then Light
What is a full moon and new moon
500
Only the ______ and ________ ______ of the moon can only make a neap tide. (three words) Hint - The sun lit side of this moon are exact opposite on these phases
What is the first and third quarters
500
Where you are standing on Earth and either the sun is directly over you or the moon is directly over you
What is a high tide