1: What are tides?
A1: The regular and alternating rise and fall of sea level.
2: What causes tides? Explain in detail (show diagram)
A2: The gravitational pull of both the Sun and the moon
3: Where do tides occur?
4: Explain- High and low tides (difference)
5: Which object exerts the most force on the tidal bulge? Why?
6: What happens when the sun and moon align? What happens when they are perpendicular to
each other?
7: What are some of the other factors that affect tides?
8: What are the zones of the intertidal zone?
9: What are some of the challenges for the critters of the intertidal zone? Explain.
10: How do the intertidal organisms COPE with the harsh environment?
11: What are some of the adaptations that help organisms cope with wave action?
A1: The regular and alternating rise and fall of sea level.
2: What causes tides? Explain in detail (show diagram)
A2: The gravitational pull of both the Sun and the moon
3: Where do tides occur?
4: Explain- High and low tides (difference)
5: Which object exerts the most force on the tidal bulge? Why?
6: What happens when the sun and moon align? What happens when they are perpendicular to
each other?
7: What are some of the other factors that affect tides?
8: What are the zones of the intertidal zone?
9: What are some of the challenges for the critters of the intertidal zone? Explain.
10: How do the intertidal organisms COPE with the harsh environment?
11: What are some of the adaptations that help organisms cope with wave action?
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