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Learning About The Tides - A Fun Tidal Quiz & Worksheet

The document discusses tides and their relationship to the moon. It provides information about high tides and low tides being caused by the gravitational pull of the moon, and discusses how the alignment of the moon, Earth, and sun impact the size of tides, known as spring tides and neap tides. It also notes that the largest tidal ranges in the world occur in the Bay of Fundy in Canada, reaching up to 16 meters.

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Learning About The Tides - A Fun Tidal Quiz & Worksheet

The document discusses tides and their relationship to the moon. It provides information about high tides and low tides being caused by the gravitational pull of the moon, and discusses how the alignment of the moon, Earth, and sun impact the size of tides, known as spring tides and neap tides. It also notes that the largest tidal ranges in the world occur in the Bay of Fundy in Canada, reaching up to 16 meters.

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Learning about the Tides

- A Fun Tidal Quiz & Worksheet


Did you know that the moon is 384,400 km away from the Earth. The gravitational pull from the
moon is so strong that it has an effect on the ocean, causing tides.

There are a lot of fun facts to learn about tides. Check out the following quiz to see what
questions you can answer. If you need to, search online to help find the answers. One you have
all of the answers, test your friends and family’s knowledge to see what they know.

A moonless Earth

1. What would happen to the ocean if there wasn’t a


moon orbiting Earth?
a. A moonless Earth would mean that the water of the
ocean would be equally distributed around the earth
and we would almost have no high or low tides at all.
b. A moonless Earth would create the lowest tides.
c. A moonless Earth would cause the sun to dry up the
Illustration by John Joyce Ocean leaving no water on planet Earth.

High Tides and Low Tides

As the moon orbits our planet, while the Earth is rotating


around the sun, the part of the Earth that is facing the
moon experiences a stronger gravitational pull towards
the moon from the Earth’s centre. It is so strong that it
causes the water in the ocean to ‘bulge’ outwards
towards the moon.
The centre gravity of the earth is also pulled at the same
time. This causes a bulge on the opposite side of the
planet. The ‘bulges’ also move along with the pull of the
moon as it orbits Earth. The areas of the Earth where the Illustration by John Joyce

‘bulging’ of the ocean is occurring is experiencing high


tides.
2. What type of tides are formed in the other areas where there is no bulge, where the
water is pulled away from the Earth?
a. Low tides are formed b. No tides are formed c. The ocean freezes

3. Why does the moon have a stronger influence on the Earth, than the sun, causing tides?
a. The moon is much, much closer to the Earth than the sun, causing a greater gravitational pull
on the Earth and Ocean.
b. The moon is larger than the sun, causing a greater gravitational pull on the Earth and Ocean.
c. The moon is further away from the Earth than the sun, causing a greater gravitational pull on
the Earth and Ocean.

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I the tides
Identify

4. A low tide is at what point on the land


when the tide goes out?
C a. The lowest point on land
b. The lowest point halfway down the
seashore
B c. The highest point on land
5. In the picture on the left, the tide is out.
A
Can you point out where the high tide line
is during high tide: A, B, or C? __________

Spring Tides and Neap Tides

6. Tides that have the largest daily tidal range occur during the new-moon and the full moon
phases (every 14 days). This happens when the earth, moon and sun are aligned. For
example the moon is between the earth and sun; or the earth is between the moon and
sun. What type of tide is this called?
a. Spring tide. b. Neap tide. c. A Tidal wave

7. A neap tide occurs when the Moon and the Sun are at right angles with the Earth - when
the moon is at its first or third quarter. This causes a smaller tidal range than average and
are known as the weakest tides. Lowest of low tides occur approximately how often?
a. Once a week. b. Every 14 days. c. Once a month.

8. Draw an illustration to show the position of the Moon, Sun and Earth during a spring tide
and neap tide.

A picture to show how the Moon, Sun A picture to show how the Moon, Sun
and Earth create Spring Tides and Earth create Neap Tides

Tides and Times

9. When the moon rotates around the Earth, it takes slightly longer than 24 hours to line up
again exactly with the same point on the Earth. This means that the tides are not at exactly
the same time every day. How far ahead is the tidal time every 24 hours?
a. About 5 minutes b. About 15 minutes c. About 50 minutes

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The tidal range is the vertical
difference between the highest
tide and the lowest tide.

Image: slidesharecdn.com

Facts about Tidal Ranges around the World

Coastal tidal ranges vary around the world. The range from low to high tides can vary from near
0m to 16 metres in some places. This can depend on the volume of water adjacent or next to the
coast and the geographical region the water sits in. For example the shape of the coastline and the
bathymetry or depth and slope of the coastal basin or the shape, and width of areas of bays or
estuaries.

12. What is the name of the bay in Canada where world’s largest tidal range occurs at 16.3m?
a. Bay of Fundy b. Bay of Islands c. Galway Bay

13. Some of the smallest tidal ranges occur in what parts of the world?
a. The Mediterranean and Baltic Seas b. The Caribbean Seas c. All of the above

The Severn Estuary in the United Kingdom (between


England and Wales) also experiences tidal ranges up to 15
metres. During the highest tides on the upper reaches of
this area, the rising tide is funnelled up the estuary. Instead
of flooding the Severn bore is formed. This is a self-
reinforcing solitary wave travels rapidly upstream against
the river current.

14. What recreational activity takes place on during this


special tide and wave that only occurs following a new or
full moon?
a. Diving b. Sailing c. Surfing

What other interesting facts can you find out about Tides

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