22) In the United States, semidiurnal tides commonly occur along the ________.
A) Atlantic coast
B) Gulf of Alaska
C) Gulf of Mexico coast
D) Florida Keys
E) Pacific coast
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.4 What Types of Tidal Patterns Exist?
Essent’l Concept: 9.4 Compare the characteristics and coastal locations of the three types of tidal
patterns
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
23) In the United States, mixed tides commonly occur along ________.
A) the Atlantic coast
B) Cape Cod
C) the Gulf of Mexico coast
D) the Florida Keys
E) the Pacific coast
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.4 What Types of Tidal Patterns Exist?
Essent’l Concept: 9.4 Compare the characteristics and coastal locations of the three types of tidal
patterns
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
24) The Bay of Fundy is well known for which tidal characteristic?
A) A diurnal tide
B) Two amphidromic points
C) Very large seiche
D) Very low tidal range
E) Very high tidal range
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions?
Essent’l Concept: 9.5 Describe tidal phenomena that occur in coastal regions
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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25) Water flowing out of an enclosed basin due to the tides is called a/an ________.
A) ebb current
B) flood current
C) neap tide
D) spring tide
E) tidal bore
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions?
Essent’l Concept: 9.5 Describe tidal phenomena that occur in coastal regions
26) The maximum tidal currents are reported ________.
A) about half way between high and low tides
B) at high tide
C) at low tide
D) during neap tides
E) in the intertidal zone
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions?
Essent’l Concept: 9.5 Describe tidal phenomena that occur in coastal regions
27) A tidal current can produce a rapidly spinning body of water called a vortex or ________.
A) ebb current
B) flood current
C) shoal
D) tidal bore
E) whirlpool
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions?
Essent’l Concept: 9.5 Describe tidal phenomena that occur in coastal regions
28) Which of the following produces a tidal current?
A) Both ebb tides and flood tides
B) Both neap tides and spring tides
C) Ebb tide
D) Flood tide
E) Spring tide
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions?
Essent’l Concept: 9.5 Describe tidal phenomena that occur in coastal regions
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29) Which of the following statements concerning tides is correct?
A) At perigee, tidal ranges are minimized.
B) Diurnal tides are a tidal pattern in which there is one high tide and one low tide in a lunar day.
C) Mixed tides are a tidal pattern in which there are two high and low tides daily of
approximately equal tidal heights.
D) Neap tides occur when the solar tide and the lunar tides are additive, producing the highest
high tide and lower low tides.
E) Semidiurnal tides are a tidal pattern in which there are two high tides and two low tides per
lunar day, one high tide higher than the other.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions?
Essent’l Concept: 9.5 Describe tidal phenomena that occur in coastal regions
30) 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.
A) Full moon
B) Neap tide
C) New moon
D) Spring tide
E) Syzygy
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.2 How Do Tides Vary During a Monthly Tidal Cycle?
Essent’l Concept: 9.2 Explain how tides vary during a monthly tidal cycle
31) 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.
A) Aphelion
B) Nadir
C) Apogee
D) Perigee
E) Perihelion
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.2 How Do Tides Vary During a Monthly Tidal Cycle?
Essent’l Concept: 9.2 Explain how tides vary during a monthly tidal cycle
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32) 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.
A) Waning crescent
B) Waning gibbous
C) Waxing perigee
D) Waxing crescent
E) Waxing gibbous
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.2 How Do Tides Vary During a Monthly Tidal Cycle?
Essent’l Concept: 9.2 Explain how tides vary during a monthly tidal cycle
33) 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.
A) Diurnal
B) Semidiurnal
C) Mixed
D) Quadrature
E) Mixed semidiurnal
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.4 What Types of Tidal Patterns Exist?
Essent’l Concept: 9.4 Compare the characteristics and coastal locations of the three types of tidal
patterns
34) 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.
A) Neap tide
B) Ebb current
C) Ebb tide
D) Flood current
E) Flood tide
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions?
Essent’l Concept: 9.5 Describe tidal phenomena that occur in coastal regions
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35) Which of the following best explains why there is a difference between a lunar day and a
solar day?
A) During one Earth rotation, the Moon has continued orbiting Earth.
B) The Moon must rotate an additional 50 minutes to catch up to Earth.
C) The solar day and lunar day are measured from different meridians.
D) The Sun has a stronger pull on the larger Earth versus the smaller Moon.
E) The tide-generating forces of the Sun and Moon are working at right angles.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides?
Essent’l Concept: 9.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that cause ocean tides
36) The attraction between Earth and the Moon is an example of ________ force.
A) electrical
B) gravitational
C) magnetic
D) resultant
E) tectonic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides?
Essent’l Concept: 9.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that cause ocean tides
37) The force that creates two simultaneous ocean bulges on opposite sides of Earth, directed
toward or away from the Moon, is called the ________ force.
A) barycentric
B) nadir
C) oceanographic
D) tide-generating
E) zenith
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides?
Essent’l Concept: 9.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that cause ocean tides
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38) There is constructive interference between the lunar and solar tidal bulges during ________
tides.
A) fall
B) neap
C) spring
D) summer
E) winter
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.2 How Do Tides Vary During a Monthly Tidal Cycle?
Essent’l Concept: 9.2 Explain how tides vary during a monthly tidal cycle
39) The maximum tidal range happens during ________ tides.
A) fall
B) neap
C) spring
D) summer
E) winter
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.2 How Do Tides Vary During a Monthly Tidal Cycle?
Essent’l Concept: 9.2 Explain how tides vary during a monthly tidal cycle
40) The minimum tidal range happens during ________ tides.
A) fall
B) neap
C) spring
D) summer
E) winter
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.2 How Do Tides Vary During a Monthly Tidal Cycle?
Essent’l Concept: 9.2 Explain how tides vary during a monthly tidal cycle
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41) There is destructive interference between the lunar and solar tidal bulges during ________
tides.
A) fall
B) neap
C) spring
D) summer
E) winter
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.2 How Do Tides Vary During a Monthly Tidal Cycle?
Essent’l Concept: 9.2 Explain how tides vary during a monthly tidal cycle
42) Which of the following statements about Grunion is correct?
A) Fertilized grunion eggs are ready to hatch about twenty days after spawning.
B) Grunion are the only marine fish that comes completely out of water to spawn.
C) Grunion are similar to salmon in that they return to their stream of birth to spawn.
D) Grunion count on the highest spring high tide to bury their eggs with sand.
E) Grunion spawn on the three or four nights prior to the highest spring high tide.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions?
Essent’l Concept: 9.5 Describe tidal phenomena that occur in coastal regions
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
43) Which of the following statements comparing a tidal power electricity-generating with a
conventional thermal power plant is correct?
A) The initial cost of building a tidal power electricity-generating plant may are lower.
B) The operating costs of a tidal power electricity-generating plant are higher.
C) The periodicity of the tides is an advantage of a tidal power electricity-generating plant.
D) Tidal power initially requires fossil or nuclear fuels to get started.
E) Tidal power is considered a cleaner and renewable resource.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 9.6 Can Tidal Power Be Harnessed as a Source of Energy?
Essent’l Concept: 9.6 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of harnessing tides as a source
of energy
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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44) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: A tidal bulge is created
on the side of Earth directly facing the Moon BECAUSE the provided gravitational force is
greater than the required centripetal force.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides?
Essent’l Concept: 9.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that cause ocean tides
Global Sci Out: 2
45) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: A tidal bulge is created
on the side of Earth facing away from the Moon BECAUSE the required centripetal force is
greater than the provided gravitational force.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides?
Essent’l Concept: 9.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that cause ocean tides
Global Sci Out: 2
46) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The monthly tidal cycle
is 29.5 days BECAUSE that’s how long it takes the Moon to complete an orbit around Earth.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.2 How Do Tides Vary During a Monthly Tidal Cycle?
Essent’l Concept: 9.2 Explain how tides vary during a monthly tidal cycle
Global Sci Out: 2
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47) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: A tidal bore is a true tidal
wave BECAUSE it is a wave created by the tides.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions?
Essent’l Concept: 9.5 Describe tidal phenomena that occur in coastal regions
Global Sci Out: 2
48) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The barycenter is
halfway between the Earth and the Moon BECAUSE Earth’s mass is so much greater than that of
the Moon.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides?
Essent’l Concept: 9.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that cause ocean tides
Global Sci Out: 2
49) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: A tidal bulge is not
created on the side of Earth directly facing the Moon BECAUSE the provided gravitational force
is greater than the required centripetal force.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides?
Essent’l Concept: 9.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that cause ocean tides
Global Sci Out: 2
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50) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: A tidal bulge is not
created on the side of Earth facing away from the Moon BECAUSE the provided gravitational
force is greater than the required centripetal force.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides?
Essent’l Concept: 9.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that cause ocean tides
Global Sci Out: 2
51) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: In most places on Earth,
high tides occur every 12 hours BECAUSE tides depend on the solar day.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides?
Essent’l Concept: 9.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that cause ocean tides
Global Sci Out: 2
52) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The largest high tides are
called Spring Tides BECAUSE they only happen in the spring.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 9.2 How Do Tides Vary During a Monthly Tidal Cycle?
Essent’l Concept: 9.2 Explain how tides vary during a monthly tidal cycle
Global Sci Out: 2
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