Overview of Tides and Eclipses
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What mainly causes tides? | Moon's gravity pulling on Earth's waters
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| What are tides? | Rising and falling levels of ocean water
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| What is high tide? | When ocean water is at its highest elevation
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| What is low tide? | When ocean water is at its lowest elevation
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| What is a neap tide? | When Moon is in 1st or 3rd quarter; lower high tide, higher low tides (less gravity pulling on ocean)
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| What is a spring tide? | During New or Full Moon, highest high tide, lowest low tide (more gravity pulling on the oceans)
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| What is a solar eclipse? | When the moon in its full moon phase passes between the sun and Earth, blocking out the sunlight
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| What is a lunar eclipse? | When Earth passes between the sun and the moon in its full moon phase, blocking out the moon
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