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Unit 3 - Chapter 9
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1The side of the Earth that faces the moon experiences a high tide, the side of the Earth that is opposite from the moon will have a(n):
- Ahigh tide
- Blow tide
- Cneap tide
- Dproxigean tide
- Espring tide
2The vertical difference between high and low tides is called the
- Aebb tide
- Bflood tide
- Ctidal bore
- Dtidal height
- Etidal range
3Water flowing out of an enclosed basin due to the tides is called:
- Atidal bore
- Bneap tide
- Cflood current
- Dspring tide
- Eebb current
4The maximum tidal currents are reported:
- Aabout half way between high and low tides.
- Bat high tide
- Cat low tide
- Dduring neap tides
- Ein the intertidal zone
5Tidal current can produce rotary currents called:
- Aebb currents
- Bflood currents
- Cshoals
- Dtidal bores
- Ewhirlpools
6Which of the following is a tidal current?
- Aboth ebb tides and flood tides.
- Bboth neap tides and spring tides.
- Cebb tide
- Dflood tide
- Espring tide
7An area that experiences diurnal tides will have:
- Aone high tide and one low tide daily.
- Bone high tide and two low tides daily.
- Cone low tide and two high tides daily.
- Dtwo high tides and two low tides of nearly equal height daily.
8A full tidal cycle is:
- A24 hours 50 minutes in duration.
- B24 hours in duration.
- C12 hours 25 minutes in duration.
- D12 hours in duration.
- E48 hours in duration.
9The tide-generating force varies:
- Adirectly with the product of the object masses.
- Bdirectly with the product of the cube of the object masses.
- Cdirectly with the square of the distance between the objects.
- Dinversely with the product of object masses.
- Einversely with the product of the cube of the object masses.
10The angular distance of the orbital plane of the Sun or Moon above or below the Earth’s equatorial plane is called the:
- Aapogee.
- Bdeclination.
- Cecliptic.
- Dperihelion.
- Esyzygy
11The Bay of Fundy is well known for which tidal characteristic?
- Alarge tidal bore.
- Btwo amphidromic points.
- Cvery large seiche.
- Dvery low tidal range.
- Every high tidal range.
12In the United States one can find semidiurnal tides along the:
- AAtlantic coast.
- BGulf of Alaska.
- CGulf of Mexico coast.
- DFlorida Keys.
- EPacific coast.
13The center of an open ocean tidal system is called a(n):
- Aamphidromic center.
- Bcotidal center.
- Crotary center.
- Dseiche
- Etidal flux
14Tidal ranges will be greatest when the Earth and the Moon are at:
- Aaphelion
- Bapogee
- Cperigee
- Dperihelion.
- Eproxigean
15This wave formed on a river by the flood tide current is called a:
- Atidal bore
- Bebb tide.
- Ctsunami.
- Dflood tide.
- Eseiche
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