Question 1

-Describe the number of high and low tides in a lunar day, including the period, and any inequality of diurnal, semidiurnal, and mixed tide types.

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In a lunar day, which is approximately 2...

Question 2

A semidiurnal tidal pattern is common along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Match the term with the appropriate phrase. You may use each answer once, more than once or not at all.
-mixed

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A)  tidal force
B)  tidal pattern
C)  tidal current

Question 4

The ________ force pulls an orbiting body toward the center of that orbit.

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A)  amphidromic
B)  magnetic
C)  centripetal
D)  gravitational
E)  tidal

Question 5

A tidal pattern with one high tide and one low tide each lunar day is called a semidiurnal tidal pattern.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The maximum tidal range at the northern end of the Bay of Fundy is on the order of 17 meters (56 feet).

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Bay of Fundy is well known for which tidal characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A)  a diurnal tide
B)  two amphidromic points
C)  very large seiche
D)  very low tidal range
E)  very high tidal range

Question 8

-Differentiate between apogee and perigee and briefly discuss the effect on tidal height when perigee coincides with spring tide.

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Apogee occurs when the moon is at the gr...

Question 9

In the open ocean, the crests and troughs of tidal waves rotate around a cotidal line.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

An area that experiences diurnal tides will have:

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A)  one high tide and one low tide daily.
B)  one high tide and two low tides daily.
C)  one low tide and two high tides daily.
D)  two high tides and two low tides of nearly equal height daily.
E)  two unequal low and high tides daily.

Question 11

-Distinguish between spring tides and neap tides.

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Spring tides occur when the Earth, moon,...

Question 12

Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

Accepted Answer

A)   full moon
B)   neap tide
C)   new moon
D)   spring tide
E)   syzygy

Question 13

Which of the following produces a tidal current?

Accepted Answer

A)  both ebb tides and flood tides
B)  both neap tides and spring tides
C)  ebb tide
D)  flood tide
E)  spring tide

Question 14

Neap tides occur:

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A)  at summer and winter solstice.
B)  during a storm surge.
C)  when the moon is full or new.
D)  when the moon is in quadrature.
E)  when the sun is at perihelion or aphelion.

Question 15

Match the term with the appropriate phrase. You may use each answer once, more than once or not at all.
-steep wave front surging up a river as a result of tides

Accepted Answer

A)  flood current
B)  neap tide
C)  spring tide
D)  tidal current
E)  amphidromic pointF) cotidal pointG) tidal boreH) ebb current

Question 16

A neap tide has:

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A)  moderately high tidal range.
B)  moderately low tidal range.
C)  no tidal range.
D)  very high tidal range.
E)  very low tidal range. E

Question 17

The center of an open ocean tidal system is called a/an:

Accepted Answer

A)  amphidromic point.
B)  cotidal center.
C)  rotary center.
D)  seiche.
E)  tidal flux. A

Question 18

The plane through the ellipse that marks the revolution of the Earth around the Sun is called the ecliptic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

-Briefly describe the factors that produce the world's largest tidal range in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia in northeastern Canada.

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The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia has the ...

Question 20

A spring tide:

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A)  has moderate high and low tides.
B)  occurs at a blue moon.
C)  occurs at the vernal equinox.
D)  has very high high tides and very low low tides
E)  has very little difference between high and low tides. D

Exam 9: Tides

-Describe the number of high and low tides in a lunar day, including the period, and any inequality of diurnal, semidiurnal, and mixed tide types.

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A semidiurnal tidal pattern is common along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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Match the term with the appropriate phrase. You may use each answer once, more than once or not at all. -mixed

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The ________ force pulls an orbiting body toward the center of that orbit.

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A tidal pattern with one high tide and one low tide each lunar day is called a semidiurnal tidal pattern.

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The maximum tidal range at the northern end of the Bay of Fundy is on the order of 17 meters (56 feet).

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The Bay of Fundy is well known for which tidal characteristic?

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-Differentiate between apogee and perigee and briefly discuss the effect on tidal height when perigee coincides with spring tide.

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In the open ocean, the crests and troughs of tidal waves rotate around a cotidal line.

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An area that experiences diurnal tides will have:

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-Distinguish between spring tides and neap tides.

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Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

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Which of the following produces a tidal current?

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Neap tides occur:

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A neap tide has:

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The center of an open ocean tidal system is called a/an:

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The plane through the ellipse that marks the revolution of the Earth around the Sun is called the ecliptic.

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-Briefly describe the factors that produce the world's largest tidal range in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia in northeastern Canada.

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A spring tide:

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