Tides

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What are tides?

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Periodic, short-term changes in the height of the ocean surface at a particular place
The constant waves that lap up on a coast.
A laundry detergent
A yummy snack. (No. just no.)

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Pregunta 2 de 19

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What causes tides?

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The gravitational force of the Moon, Sun, and Earth
Wind
Water Displacement
Dirty laundry

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Pregunta 3 de 19

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Tide waves are the ( longest, shortest ) waves on earth: their wavelength is ( half, 1/3, 1/10, 2/3 ) of the Earth's circumference. These waves are known as ( forced, natural, rogue ) waves.

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The moon's gravity ( attracts, repels ) the ocean. Then the Motion of the Earth around the ( center of mass, midpoint, edge ) of the Earth-moon system causes a ( bulge, divot ) on the side of the earth ( opposite, facing ) the moon. Combined, this creates two ( bulges, divots ).

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Pregunta 5 de 19

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❌: the bulges are the crests of the planet-sized waves

❌: the troughs, the area between the bulges

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High tides

Low tides

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Pregunta 6 de 19

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Label the image

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Island exposed

Island submerged (evening)

Island high & dry

Inertia bulge

Gravity bulge

Island submerged (morning)

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Pregunta 7 de 19

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Lunar tides:

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tides caused by gravitation & inertial interaction of the moon and Earth
tides caused by gravitation & inertial interaction of the sun and Earth
tides caused by Luna Lovegood, because she's great

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Pregunta 8 de 19

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In a 24h solar day, the moon moves ( 12.2, 50, 10.2, 21.2 ) degrees eastward. The earth must rotate another ( 50, 12.2, 40, 10 ) minutes to again place the moon at the highest position.

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Pregunta 9 de 19

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The sun has a greater effect on Earth's tide than the moon.

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VERDADERO
FALSO

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Pregunta 10 de 19

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❌: when earth, moon, and sun are all in a line. These are ❌, and correspond to the ❌ moons.

❌: When earth, sun, and moon form a right angle. Tide ❌ the lunar tide, and correspond with the ❌ moons.

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Spring tide

additive

new and full

Neap tide

diminishes

quarter

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Pregunta 11 de 19

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Land masses obstruct tidal crests, diverting and ( slowing, quickening ) movement. This causes different patterns in the arrival of tidal crests and is influenced by ( basin shape, water depth, basin depth, salinity ).

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Pregunta 12 de 19

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❌ tides: two high tides and two low tides of nearly equal level each lunar day

❌ tides: on high and one low

❌ tides: successive high tides or low tides are of significantly different heights in the lunar day

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Semidiurnal

Diurnal

Mixed semidiurnal

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Pregunta 13 de 19

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Amphidromic points:

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nodes at the center of ocean basins, no-tide points
nodes at the center of ocean basins, high-tide points

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Pregunta 14 de 19

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Tidal ranges increase with increasing distance from amphidromic points

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VERDADERO
FALSO

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Pregunta 15 de 19

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Water flow into or out of bays and harbors is known as...

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tidal current
tidal flow
waves
tidal waves

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Pregunta 16 de 19

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❌: water rushing into an enclosed area because of the rise in sea level as a tide crest approaches

❌: water rushing out because of the fall in sea level as the tide trough approaches

❌: a time of no currents, occurs at high and low tides when the current changes direction

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Flood current

Ebb current

Slack water

Tide current

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Pregunta 17 de 19

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Tidal friction is gradually slowing the Earth's rotation.

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VERDADERO
FALSO

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Pregunta 18 de 19

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What is the intertidal zone?

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The zone between the high tide and low tide
The zone in the middle of the high tide where there is a high concentration of life
The part of the beach where the water reaches during high tide, but not low tide
The final frontier

	Creado por Jo O'Bar hace más de 5 años

quiz covering tides from oceanography course at UWF

Pregunta 1 de 19

What are tides?

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Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 19

What causes tides?

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Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 19

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Tide waves are the longest shortest( longest, shortest ) waves on earth: their wavelength is half 1/3 1/10 2/3( half, 1/3, 1/10, 2/3 ) of the Earth's circumference. These waves are known as forced natural rogue( forced, natural, rogue ) waves.

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Pregunta 4 de 19

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Pregunta 5 de 19

❌: the bulges are the crests of the planet-sized waves ❌: the troughs, the area between the bulges

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Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 19

Label the image

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Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 19

Lunar tides:

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Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 19

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In a 24h solar day, the moon moves 12.2 50 10.2 21.2( 12.2, 50, 10.2, 21.2 ) degrees eastward. The earth must rotate another 50 12.2 40 10( 50, 12.2, 40, 10 ) minutes to again place the moon at the highest position.

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 19

The sun has a greater effect on Earth's tide than the moon.

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Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 19

❌: when earth, moon, and sun are all in a line. These are ❌, and correspond to the ❌ moons. ❌: When earth, sun, and moon form a right angle. Tide ❌ the lunar tide, and correspond with the ❌ moons.

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Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 19

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Land masses obstruct tidal crests, diverting and slowing quickening( slowing, quickening ) movement. This causes different patterns in the arrival of tidal crests and is influenced by basin shape water depth basin depth salinity( basin shape, water depth, basin depth, salinity ).

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 19

❌ tides: two high tides and two low tides of nearly equal level each lunar day ❌ tides: on high and one low ❌ tides: successive high tides or low tides are of significantly different heights in the lunar day

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Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 19

Amphidromic points:

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Pregunta 14 de 19

Tidal ranges increase with increasing distance from amphidromic points

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Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 19

Water flow into or out of bays and harbors is known as...

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Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 19

❌: water rushing into an enclosed area because of the rise in sea level as a tide crest approaches ❌: water rushing out because of the fall in sea level as the tide trough approaches ❌: a time of no currents, occurs at high and low tides when the current changes direction

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Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 19

Tidal friction is gradually slowing the Earth's rotation.

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Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 19

What is the intertidal zone?

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Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 19

Check all that apply to organisms in the intertidal zone

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Explicación

Tide waves are the ( longest, shortest ) waves on earth: their wavelength is ( half, 1/3, 1/10, 2/3 ) of the Earth's circumference. These waves are known as ( forced, natural, rogue ) waves.

❌: the bulges are the crests of the planet-sized waves

❌: the troughs, the area between the bulges

In a 24h solar day, the moon moves ( 12.2, 50, 10.2, 21.2 ) degrees eastward. The earth must rotate another ( 50, 12.2, 40, 10 ) minutes to again place the moon at the highest position.

❌: when earth, moon, and sun are all in a line. These are ❌, and correspond to the ❌ moons.

❌: When earth, sun, and moon form a right angle. Tide ❌ the lunar tide, and correspond with the ❌ moons.

Land masses obstruct tidal crests, diverting and ( slowing, quickening ) movement. This causes different patterns in the arrival of tidal crests and is influenced by ( basin shape, water depth, basin depth, salinity ).

❌ tides: two high tides and two low tides of nearly equal level each lunar day

❌ tides: on high and one low

❌ tides: successive high tides or low tides are of significantly different heights in the lunar day

❌: water rushing into an enclosed area because of the rise in sea level as a tide crest approaches

❌: water rushing out because of the fall in sea level as the tide trough approaches

❌: a time of no currents, occurs at high and low tides when the current changes direction