5.3 Tides And Moons

Question 1

Tidal range

Answer 1

Difference in levels of ocean water at high and low tide

Question 2

Spring tide

Answer 2

A tide of increase range that occurs two times at the new and full moon

Question 3

Neap tide

Answer 3

A tide of minimum range that occurs

Question 4

What is one of the biggest tidal ranges in the world

Answer 4

Bay of Fundy

Question 5

How long does the water levels move between high and low tides

Answer 5

Little over 6 hours

Question 6

What causes tides

Answer 6

They are caused by the moons gravity pulling on the ocean

Question 7

What has the largest affect on earths tides

Answer 7

Moon

Question 8

How often does a neap tide and spring tide occur

Answer 8

Twice a month each

Question 9

The side of Earth facing the moon will experience what tide

Answer 9

The lower high tide

Question 10

First quarter moon means what type of tide

Answer 10

Neap tide

Question 11

Spring and neap tides result from what

Answer 11

Arrangement of moon, sun, and earth in space

Question 12

When the earth, sun, moon form a right angle what tide takes place

Answer 12

Neap

Question 13

Why is the timing of tides predictable

Answer 13

The moons path is predictable

Question 14

The gravitational pull of the moon on the water at earths surface causes what

Answer 14

Tides

Question 15

Tide

Answer 15

The periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans and other large bodies of water

Question 16

What does the moon reflect

Answer 16

Suns light

Question 17

Lunar phases

Answer 17

Different appearances of the moon throughout the lunar cycle

Question 18

Waxing

Answer 18

When the moon is getting bigger

Light to the right

Question 19

Waning

Answer 19

Moon is getting smaller

Light to the left

Question 20

How long does the lunar cycle last

Answer 20

28 days

Question 21

Neap tides occur on what type of moons

Answer 21

Quarter moons

Question 22

Moon is one quarter of its way through the lunar cycle

Answer 22

First quarter

Question 23

Moon is three quarters of its way through the lunar cycle

Answer 23

Third quarter

Question 24

The moon seems to be getting larger and we see a silver of the moons disk

Answer 24

Waxing crescent

Question 25

When the moon is dark because it is between the sun and the earth

Answer 25

New moon

Question 26

Moons disk is light because earth is between sun and moon

Answer 26

Full moon

Question 27

When moon gets smaller. We only see a silver disk

Answer 27

Waning crescent

Question 28

When the moon seems to be getting larger and we see 3/4 of the moons disk

Answer 28

Waxing gibbeous

Question 29

When moon is getting smaller and we only see 3/4 of the disk

Answer 29

Waning gibbeous

Question 30

What did sir Issac Newton publish in 1687

Answer 30

Theory on the moons pull on the earth

Question 31

Low tides occur when water is pulled away from an area to create what?

Answer 31

Bulge

Question 32

How long does it take for

The moon to revolve around the earth. What does this mean

Answer 32

It takes 24 hrs and 50 minutes.

This means that high tide will come 50 minutes later tomorrow then today

Question 33

In a spring tide, what three things line up

Answer 33

Earth moon sun

Question 34

What type of tide has the largest tidal range

Answer 34

Spring tides

Question 35

When do spring tides occur

Answer 35

During a new and full moon

Question 36

What type of tide has the smallest tidal range

Answer 36

Neap tide

Question 37

What angle do neap tides form

Answer 37

90°