Exam 11: Tides

What is the relationship between the heights of tides and the amphidromic point?

What is one of the newest techniques employed to measure tides?

A tidal wave moves north in the Northern Hemisphere and south in the Southern Hemisphere.

What is considered to be a true tidal wave? What occurs during these waves? Using the information you learned in Chapter 10, explain why there needs to be a distinction of a true tidal wave?

What is the net force of inertia and gravitational attraction combined?

What are spring tides and neap tides? What tidal behaviors occur with each?

Spring tides are seasonal tidal events.

Newton's knew his equilibrium theory of tides was incomplete because the maximum theoretical range was significantly lower than actual tidal ranges.

Who was the first to recognize the connection of the moon's position to the tides?

The west coast of the United States receives two high tides and two low tides of varying heights per day. What kind of tidal pattern is this?

Where was the first tidal powered energy station positioned?

What does Newton's gravitational model not consider when determining influences on tides?

What kind of waves are tides?

Who came up with the dynamic theory of tides?

Tides can have a wavelength equal to half of the Earth's circumference.

A diurnal tidal pattern is easily explained by the natural tendency for water to rock at a specific frequency when in an enclosed basin.

Basin configuration can cause variations in tidal ranges.

High tides are associated with the area between bulges.

What is the difference between a solar and lunar day? Which is longer? Why?

Tides are capable of slowing the Earth's rotation by the following force: