1. What are the two largest forces generating earth's tides?
2. Which has a greater effect on the tides, the moon or the sun, and why?
3. Which of the following represents spring tides, neap tides and why? What happens in each situation?
4. How often do neap tides and what moon cycle?
5. What is the wavelength of Tides ?
6. This question can be answered from Ch 10 Waves - How does Constructive interference affect waves?
7. This question can be answered from Ch 10 Waves - A wave that sloshes back and forth from one end of a basin to another, such as in a harbor, lake, or small body of water is referred to as...
8. What type of tide is characterized by the following data:
Monday Low -.2 ft 8:15 am;
Monday High 6.8 ft 8:40 pm;
Tuesday Low -.3ft 9:05am;
Tuesday High 6.9ft 9:30 pm
9. What type of tide is characterized by the following data:
Monday Low -0.2 ft 12:00 am;
Monday High 6.8 ft 6:12 am;
Monday Low 1.2 ft 12:25 pm;
Monday High 4.2 ft 6:50 pm
10. What type of tide is characterized by the following data:
Monday Low -0.2 ft 12:00 am;
Monday High 6.8 ft 6:12 am;
Monday Low -0.2 ft 12:25 pm;
Monday High 6.8 ft 6:50 pm
11. In a region with semidiurnal tides, if a high tide occurs at midnight (12 AM), when is the next low tide ?
12. In a region with diurnal tides, if a high tide occurs at midnight (12 AM), when will the next high tide occur?
13. What type of tidal pattern is exhibited in Southern California?
14. What organism along the southern California times it's reproductive activity with the timing of the spring tides? These organisms come to the shoreline, and the females bury their body ½ way in the beach sand while the males circle around them while depositing their milt (sperm)?
15.Neap tides are as a result of what?
16. What do we call the crest of the tides?
17. What do we call the trough of the tides?
18. Which is larger, the tide that results from a lunar wave or the solar wave?
USE THE GRAPH ABOVE TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING 6 QUESTIONS
19.Which part of the above graph best represents low tide?
20. Which part of the above graph best represents the 0 point reference or mean sea level?
21.Which part of the above graph best represents high tide?
22.Which part of the above graph best represents the ebb current?
23.Which part of the above graph best represents the flood current?
24.Where would slack water be found?
25. What type of tidal pattern is represented by the graph?
26. In Southern California, how is the mean sea level determined?
27. How much longer is the lunar day compared to the solar day?
28. There are areas in the ocean where the tidal range increase with increasing distance from what points?
29. How does shape of the basin impact the timing of the tides for wide and symmetrical basins such as the Gulf of St. Lawrence?
30. How does shape of the basin impact the timing of the tides for narrow and restricted basins such as the Bay of Fundy in Novia Scotia?
31. Based on the map given above, what type of tidal pattern is exhibited off the west coast of Africa?
32.Where would you find mixed (semidiurnal) tides?