Exam 10: Tides

A meteorological tide can be caused by ____.

In the Northern Hemisphere, spring tides have greater ranges in the winter than they do in the summer.

Most of the world's coasts have ____ tides.

There can only be one high tide and one low tide per tidal day for any given area.

The side of Earth facing the moon will experience a high tide, while the opposite side of Earth will have a ____.

Because of the combination of gravitational and inertial forces, tides are unpredictable.

A steep wave moving upstream generated by the action of the tide crest in the enclosed area of a river mouth is called a ____.

The zero point on a tide graph is called the ____.

Tides are long waves that are generated by gravity and inertia.

The height of the ocean averaged over a few years' time is called ____.

Tides are shallow-water waves. Explain this statement.

Which statement is true concerning a lunar day?

A low tide corresponds to the trough of the wave.

A tide pattern of one high and one low each day describes a ____.

Which statement best characterizes neap tides?

What are the amphidromic points of the world ocean, and approximately how many are known to exist?

A tidal or lunar day is exactly 24 hours long.

Can tides be predicted? Explain why or why not and give examples of factors that may render tidal predictions inaccurate.

Which statements is true concerning the equilibrium theory of tides?

The tidal pattern characteristic of the west coast of the United States is ____.