1:What are tides?
Tides are regular alternating rise and fall of sea level which are caused by the gravitational force of the moon and the sun.
2: What causes tides?
Tides are caused by the gravitational force of the moon and the sun as well , however there are reasons of why this happened, for example one of them can be the earth rotation movement.
3: Where do tides occur?
Like I said in the question above tides happened a cause of the gravitational force of our natural satellite "the moon", the sun and the earth rotation. They caused that tides move to a specific location called tidal bulges these two parts are located in the sides of the earth where the moon is more near to and the opposite side is the other tidal bulges.
4: Explain- High and low tides (difference)
We call high tides when these reach a high sea level which actually touches land in some towns , etc. But we also call low tides to those who after the high tides start reaching a huge low sea level or Ebb Current that sometimes may cause something like a drought. So in fact, the difference between high and low tides is the lower and higher range that they reach.
5: Which object exerts the most force on the tidal bulge? Why?
The object that generate the most force in the tidal bulges is our natural satellite the moon. This is because even though moon and sun generate the tidal bulges the distance between these two factors is humongus . Furthermore the moon is near to the earth causing a greater effect than the sun force.
6: What happens when the sun and moon align? What happens when they are perpendicular to each other?
When the sun and the moon align their gravitational forces combined producing very highest and lowest tides called Spring Tides. When the moon and the sun are located in right angles or in perpendicular form which is the same the pull at the sea from different direction and moderate tides , producing which is called Neap Tides.
7: What are some of the other factors that affect tides?
Some of the factors that affect the tides arethe shape of the coast line, seafloor topography , rivers discharge, air , weather conditions.
8: What are the zones of the intertidal zone?
Spray Zone , Upper Interditial Zone, Mid Interditial Zone , Low Interditial Zone and Subditial Zone.
9: What are some of the challenges for the critters of the intertidal zone? Explain.
The intertidal zone is divided into 5 zones. Each zone has a different lifestyle . As the sea levels rises or go down the critters living there need to adapt to those abrupt changes.Some of the biggest challenges to them to survive is to avoid to dry out ,survive at the different levels of salinity of the sea, dramatic weather changes , intense sunlight and also for some wild animals that can be they predators.
10: How do the intertidal organisms COPE with the harsh environment?
They have to get used to these changes by having their body structure or developing some skills to survive.
11: What are some of the adaptations that help organisms cope with wave action?
The animals living ion the different zones of the inerdital zone have adapt their bodies to these changes . Such as having a dull shell to prevent predators to eat them , crunching up their bodies to keep their normal humedity, atatching very hard to seafloor or rocks and finally hiding down in the sand or behind rocks.
Tides are regular alternating rise and fall of sea level which are caused by the gravitational force of the moon and the sun.
2: What causes tides?
Tides are caused by the gravitational force of the moon and the sun as well , however there are reasons of why this happened, for example one of them can be the earth rotation movement.
3: Where do tides occur?
Like I said in the question above tides happened a cause of the gravitational force of our natural satellite "the moon", the sun and the earth rotation. They caused that tides move to a specific location called tidal bulges these two parts are located in the sides of the earth where the moon is more near to and the opposite side is the other tidal bulges.
4: Explain- High and low tides (difference)
We call high tides when these reach a high sea level which actually touches land in some towns , etc. But we also call low tides to those who after the high tides start reaching a huge low sea level or Ebb Current that sometimes may cause something like a drought. So in fact, the difference between high and low tides is the lower and higher range that they reach.
5: Which object exerts the most force on the tidal bulge? Why?
The object that generate the most force in the tidal bulges is our natural satellite the moon. This is because even though moon and sun generate the tidal bulges the distance between these two factors is humongus . Furthermore the moon is near to the earth causing a greater effect than the sun force.
6: What happens when the sun and moon align? What happens when they are perpendicular to each other?
When the sun and the moon align their gravitational forces combined producing very highest and lowest tides called Spring Tides. When the moon and the sun are located in right angles or in perpendicular form which is the same the pull at the sea from different direction and moderate tides , producing which is called Neap Tides.
7: What are some of the other factors that affect tides?
Some of the factors that affect the tides arethe shape of the coast line, seafloor topography , rivers discharge, air , weather conditions.
8: What are the zones of the intertidal zone?
Spray Zone , Upper Interditial Zone, Mid Interditial Zone , Low Interditial Zone and Subditial Zone.
9: What are some of the challenges for the critters of the intertidal zone? Explain.
The intertidal zone is divided into 5 zones. Each zone has a different lifestyle . As the sea levels rises or go down the critters living there need to adapt to those abrupt changes.Some of the biggest challenges to them to survive is to avoid to dry out ,survive at the different levels of salinity of the sea, dramatic weather changes , intense sunlight and also for some wild animals that can be they predators.
10: How do the intertidal organisms COPE with the harsh environment?
They have to get used to these changes by having their body structure or developing some skills to survive.
11: What are some of the adaptations that help organisms cope with wave action?
The animals living ion the different zones of the inerdital zone have adapt their bodies to these changes . Such as having a dull shell to prevent predators to eat them , crunching up their bodies to keep their normal humedity, atatching very hard to seafloor or rocks and finally hiding down in the sand or behind rocks.