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Title: Which statement describes what is happening at high tide?


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  • Which statement describes what is happening at
    high tide?
  • a. The moon is revolving more quickly
    than the Earth is rotating.
  • b. The moons gravity is dragging water
    away from the equator.
  • c. The moons gravity is pulling ocean
    water into a bulge.
  • d. The suns gravity pulls with more
    force than the moons gravity.

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2
  • What happens to the water that is left behind
  • after evaporation?
  • a. It gets hotter.
  • b. Its gets less dense.
  • c. It moves faster to stay warm.
  • d. Its salinity increases.

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3
  • When do the greatest tidal ranges occur?
  • a. Spring tides
  • b. Neap tides
  • c. High tides
  • d. Low tides

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4
  • How do warm-water currents affect the coastal
  • areas along which they flow?
  • a. They create greater rainfall along the
    coast.
  • b. They create unusually cool climates for the
    latitude.
  • c. They create unusually warm climates for the
    latitude.
  • d. They make the coastal climate cooler than
    the inland climate.

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5
  • The movement of cold, nutrient-rich water to the
    surface of the ocean is a(n) _____.
  • upwelling

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6
  • The periodic daily rise and fall of ocean water
    is called___.
  • a. Tidal range
  • b. Tides
  • c. Spring tide
  • d. Neap tide

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7
  • Tides that occur during the new and full moons
    are called __.
  • a. Spring Tides
  • b. Neap Tides
  • c. Low tides
  • d. High tides

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  • The force that pulls the tides
  • a. Sun
  • b. Wind
  • c. Currents
  • d. Gravity

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9 Name the moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
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10 Name the Moon Phase
Waning Crescent
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