Tides

Question 1

What are tides

Answer 1

Regular movements of the seas surface caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on the oceans
Particularly the moon

Question 2

Description

Answer 2

Sea pulled in direction of the moon (towards it) and simultaneously away from it on the opposite of the world

Question 3

Spring tide when and what

Answer 3

Occurs when it is a full moon or new moon
Highest high tide and lowest low tide

Question 4

Neap tide when and what

Answer 4

First quarter moon and last quarter moon
Lowest high tide and highest low tide

Question 5

Examples of tides affecting access to places (1)

Answer 5

Lindisfarne/ holy island

Question 6

Example of extreme tide

Answer 6

Talbot bay- two bays, reef in the ocean creates a suction and tide suddenly goes out
Called horizontal water fall

Question 7

Dangerous bay in uk

Answer 7

Morecambe bay
Very flat
Group of about 30 cockle collecter got caught and killed
Tides come in extremely quickly

Question 8

Examples of how shapes of land affect tides

Answer 8

New Zealand has low tide on one side and high tide on the other as blocks the tide

Uk and Europe have very deep water to suddenly very shallow water so tides occur very fast

Question 9

Tidal bore

Answer 9

Leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave of water that travels up a river or narrow bay against the direction of the current

Question 10

Example of tidal bore

Answer 10

Bristol
Huge event with many surfers