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Warm Up: March 1 (Write the Question)

Warm Up: March 1 (Write the Question). What is the primary causes of tides? A. the Sun’s mass B. the Moon’s gravitational pull C. Earth’s center of gravity D. Earth’s tilt on its axis Use your textbook to look for the answer if you are unsure. HOMEWORK: Study for your Test Friday!.

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Warm Up: March 1 (Write the Question)

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  1. Warm Up: March 1 (Write the Question) • What is the primary causes of tides? • A. the Sun’s mass • B. the Moon’s gravitational pull • C. Earth’s center of gravity • D. Earth’s tilt on its axis • Use your textbook to look for the answer if you are unsure. HOMEWORK: Study for your Test Friday!

  2. Chapter 14 section 4 Tides S6E3d ~Explain the causes of waves, currents, and tides.

  3. Warm Up: Feb 5th • Explain a Neap tide. • HOMEWORK: Bring a 2 pocket folder AND Complete ALL 19 vocab words and definitions from chapter 15

  4. What are tides? 2. What two forces influence tides? 3. What is the force that pulls the tides? 4. Where is the moon’s pull the strongest on Earth? the periodic daily rise and fall of ocean water. The sun and moon. Gravity Directly facing the moon.

  5. 5. What are high tides? 6. What are low tides? A bulge that takes place on parts of Earth facing or opposite the moon. Forms when water is drawn away from the area between high tides.

  6. High Tide • Low Tide

  7. High and Low tidesBay at Fundy

  8. 7. What are the two factors that determine when tides occur? 8. How long does it take for a spot on Earth that is facing the moon to rotate so that it is facing the moon again? Rotation of the Earth and the revolution of the moon. 24 hours and 50 minutes

  9. 9. What is a spring tide? Tides that occur when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned with the highest tidal range. They occur during the new and full moons.

  10. 10. What are neap tides? Tides with the smallest daily tidal range that occur when the moon, Earth and sun are at right angles. occurs during the first and third quarters of the moon.

  11. Warm Up: Feb. 29th • Which moves energy, not matter? • A. breaking wave • B. surface current • C. wind • D. deep current • Homework: Study for test on Friday!

  12. Warm Up: March 2, 2012 • Come in and study for your test on chapter 14. • Homework: Bring in a Folder (if you have not done so!)

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