Download Understanding Tides: Causes, Characteristics, and Impacts and more Quizzes Oceanography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 periodic short term changes in the height of the ocean surface at a particlar place DEFINITION 1 Tides TERM 2 caused by the gravitational force of the moon and sun and the motion of earth DEFINITION 2 tides TERM 3 are forced waves because they are never free of the forces that cause them DEFINITION 3 tides TERM 4 are created by the position of the earth, moon, and sun DEFINITION 4 Tides - Equilibrium theory of tides TERM 5 Gravity+ inertia = DEFINITION 5 Tractive forces TERM 6 motion due to inertia + motion due to gravity = DEFINITION 6 Earth's orbit TERM 7 pulls the earth and moon/sun toward each other DEFINITION 7 gravity TERM 8 the tendency of moving objects to continue in a straight line, keeps them apart DEFINITION 8 Inertia TERM 9 a planet orbits the sun in balance between _____ and ____ DEFINITION 9 gravity inertia TERM 10 gravity will pull it into the sun DEFINITION 10 if the planet is not moving TERM 21 lowest high and the highest low tides DEFINITION 21 Neap tides1st three quarter moons TERM 22 describes how the position and attraction of the earth, moon, and sun affects tides DEFINITION 22 The equilibriumtheoryof tides TERM 23 explains the characteristics of ocean tides based on both celestial mechanics and the characteristics of fluid ocean DEFINITION 23 dynamic theory of tides TERM 24 explains the differene between predictions based on Newton's model and the observed behaviors of tides DEFINITION 24 dynamictheory of tides TERM 25 move as fored waves with their velocity determined by ocean depth, they behave as shallow water waves DEFINITION 25 tidal bulges TERM 26 occurs twice in a lunar day -Cape cod DEFINITION 26 Semidiurnal tides TERM 27 occur each lunar day - Mobile alabama DEFINITION 27 Dirunaltides TERM 28 describe a tidal pattern of significantly different heights through the cycle - Los Angeles DEFINITION 28 Mixed tides TERM 29 no tide points in basin DEFINITION 29 Amphidromic points TERM 30 nodes at the center of ocean basins DEFINITION 30 Amphidromic points TERM 31 height difference between high water and low water DEFINITION 31 tidal range TERM 32 is 24 hours and 50 min long DEFINITION 32 the tidal cycle TERM 33 tidal waves generate DEFINITION 33 tidal currents TERM 34 a time of no currents, occurs at high and low tides when the current changes directions DEFINITION 34 slack water TERM 35 water rushing into an enclosed area because of the rise in sea level as a tide crest approaches is called DEFINITION 35 flood current
