18 Oct The highest tides in the world occur where?

 The highest tides in the world occur where?

 

Long Island Sound, NY

 

Bay of Fundy, Canada

 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Lituya Bay, Alaska

 

•             Question 2          The most dominant force(s) acting on our oceans that produce(s) tides is/are:

 

convection

 

 centrifugal force

 

gravity

 

both b and c

 

•             Question 3          The law of gravitation dictates that as objects decrease distance from one another, their gravitational attraction _________________________.

 

increases

 

decreases

 

remains the same

 

                Question 4          The more massive the object, the ___________________its gravitational force is.

 

weaker

 

stronger

 

neither; mass does not have an impact on gravity

 

•             Question 5          Which of the following has the most direct impact on tides in our world oceans?

 

the Moon

 

the Sun

 

erosion

 

convection

 

•             Question 6          Because Earth has to “play catch- up” with the moon in its orbit, tidal cycles are ______________________ each successive day (according to equilibrium tidal theory).

 

50 minutes earlier

 

25 minutes earlier

 

50 minutes later

 

25 minutes later

 

•             Question 7          Spring tide occurs during:

 

full moon

 

third quarter moon

 

new moon

 

 both a and c

 

•             Question 8          Neap tide occurs during:

 

waxing crescent

 

waning gibbous

 

full moon

 

1st quarter

 

•             Question 9          Equilibrium tide is a simplified tidal model that assumes all of the following except:

 

tidal period is 12 hours

 

oceans are deep and uniform in depth

 

continents divide ocean basins

 

two tidal bulges toward and away from the Moon

 

•             Question 10        Long Island experiences:

 

semi diurnal tides

 

equilibrium tides