6.9B Tides

Use this interactive website to explore tides. 

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What happens to the water on Earth as the moon orbits the Earth?

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The bulge shows where the high tide occurs. What does the bulge follow?

Use this interactive website to explore tide predictions. 

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How many tides are in the 0-24 hour period?

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How many low tides are there in a 24 hour period?

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How many high tides are there in a 24 hour period?

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Which type of tide occurs after a low tide?

Use this interactive website to explore more about tides. 

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The strongest tides are ___ tides that occur during new and full moons. The sun, Earth, and moon are aligned.

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Less extreme tides are ___ tides and occur during half moons (1st and 3rd quarter) when the Earth is at a 90 degree angle with the moon and sun.

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What moon phase creates the highest tide?

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Which moon phase causes tides that are about the same height?

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Using the image above, what letters are having a spring tide?

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If you are staying on the beach for 24 hours, how many high tides and low tides will you see?

2 high tides, 2 low tides

4 high tides, 4 low tides 

1 high tides, 1 low tides 

high tides during the spring tides, low tides during the neap tides

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Spring tides and neap tides occur during certain moon phases. Spring tides have very high high tides and very low low tides. The high and low tides during neap tides are not very different from eachother. These tides are mostly due to __

Earth's gravity

Sun's gravity

Moon's gravity

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Spring tides occur during _ moons and neap tides occur during _ moons

new/full; 1st/3rd quarter

1st/3rd quarter;  new/full

waxing; waning

waning; waxing

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This table displays the tide data for San Luis Pass, Texas on Galveston Bay.
What time will the second low tide occur on July 4, 2012?

2:45 am

3:00 am

10:31 pm

3:00 pm

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6.9B Tides

Use this interactive website to explore tides.

What happens to the water on Earth as the moon orbits the Earth?

The bulge shows where the high tide occurs. What does the bulge follow?

Use this interactive website to explore tide predictions.

How many tides are in the 0-24 hour period?

How many low tides are there in a 24 hour period?

How many high tides are there in a 24 hour period?

Which type of tide occurs after a low tide?

Use this interactive website to explore more about tides.

The strongest tides are ___ tides that occur during new and full moons. The sun, Earth, and moon are aligned.

Less extreme tides are ___ tides and occur during half moons (1st and 3rd quarter) when the Earth is at a 90 degree angle with the moon and sun.

What moon phase creates the highest tide?

Which moon phase causes tides that are about the same height?

Using the image above, what letters are having a spring tide?

If you are staying on the beach for 24 hours, how many high tides and low tides will you see?

Spring tides and neap tides occur during certain moon phases. Spring tides have very high high tides and very low low tides. The high and low tides during neap tides are not very different from eachother. These tides are mostly due to __

Spring tides occur during _________ moons and neap tides occur during _________ moons

This table displays the tide data for San Luis Pass, Texas on Galveston Bay.What time will the second low tide occur on July 4, 2012?

Use this interactive website to explore tides.

What happens to the water on Earth as the moon orbits the Earth?

The bulge shows where the high tide occurs. What does the bulge follow?

Use this interactive website to explore tide predictions.

How many tides are in the 0-24 hour period?

How many low tides are there in a 24 hour period?

How many high tides are there in a 24 hour period?

Which type of tide occurs after a low tide?

Use this interactive website to explore more about tides.

The strongest tides are ___ tides that occur during new and full moons. The sun, Earth, and moon are aligned.

Less extreme tides are ___ tides and occur during half moons (1st and 3rd quarter) when the Earth is at a 90 degree angle with the moon and sun.

What moon phase creates the highest tide?

Which moon phase causes tides that are about the same height?

Using the image above, what letters are having a spring tide?

Using the image above, what letters are having a neap tide?

If you are staying on the beach for 24 hours, how many high tides and low tides will you see?

Spring tides and neap tides occur during certain moon phases. Spring tides have very high high tides and very low low tides. The high and low tides during neap tides are not very different from eachother. These tides are mostly due to __

Spring tides occur during _________ moons and neap tides occur during _________ moons

This table displays the tide data for San Luis Pass, Texas on Galveston Bay.What time will the second low tide occur on July 4, 2012?

Different positions of the sun, the moon, and Earth have different effects on Earth’s oceans. Which model shows the positions of the sun, the moon, and Earth that have the greatest effect on ocean tides?

Using the image above, what letters are having a neap tide?

Spring tides occur during _ moons and neap tides occur during _ moons

This table displays the tide data for San Luis Pass, Texas on Galveston Bay.
What time will the second low tide occur on July 4, 2012?

Spring tides occur during _ moons and neap tides occur during _ moons

This table displays the tide data for San Luis Pass, Texas on Galveston Bay.
What time will the second low tide occur on July 4, 2012?