PART A

Research Question:  What are tides?

Tides affect our coasts every day.

Use the suggested links to find answers to the following questions.

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/motion/

http://kingfish.coastal.edu/biology/sgilman/770Oceansinmotion.htm

A)     What is the effect of the moon and sun on earth's water?

B)     Which has a greater effect on tides, the sun or the moon. Why?

C)     What is a tidal range?

D)     Look at the following clip and see the range of tides at Race Rocks
on a typical November day.

E)     Use a picture which includes the earth, sun and the moon describe the
        difference between a spring and a neap tide.

F)      What is the difference between tides and currents?

G)     Are tides and waves related?

When you have completed this page, go to Tidal Research Page - Part B