moon and tide analysis questions

1.       What kinds of people would find a tide table useful and why? (researchers, sailors, clam diggers, tourists, etc.)

I think researchers and clam diggers would find this table useful because researchers can find out more information from this table and clam diggers will be able to figure out the right time to dig for clams.

2.       Find the highest and lowest tides listed in the tide table for this month.  Figure out the difference between these two numbers.  This is the tidal range.  What events are causing these tidal changes to be so extreme? 

The highest tide occurs at 11:20 am which is 9.95 ft. and the lowest tide occurs at 8:44 pm which is -0.01 ft.  

3.       What is sea level?  In what way is sea level different than Mean Lower Low Water?

Sea Level is the level of the sea's surface, used in reckoning the height of geographical features such as hills and as a barometric standard.

 

4.     Approximately how far apart in time are the high tides each day?

The Times are usually 5-9 hours apart.

5.    Does the morning high tide occur at the same time each day? __________________ If not, by how much does it change?

The morning high tide occurs around the same time each day.

6.    Why does the time of the morning high tide change or stay the same each day?

The morning high tide changes but not drastically because it happens every day which is a set schedule.

 

7.   The tidal range is the difference in height between the highest high tide and the lowest low tide. The two biggest tidal bulges are known as the “spring tides”.  What is the relationship between moon phase and spring tide?

8.    The smallest tidal bulges are called the “neap tides”.  What is the relationship between moon phase and neap tide?

9.   List the time and the tide level for all four tides today. 

high tide- 9:38 am=9.61 ft  10:21 pm=8.43 ft   low tide- 4:00 am= -0.28 ft  4:47 pm= -1.27 ft 

10.      Are the two high tides the same height today? ________________  Are they the same height any day this week?  ________________

No the two high tides are not the same today nor this week, but the times are very similar to each other.

11.       What effects might the ebbing and flooding of the tide have on the animals and plants that live in the estuary? 

12.       If there is a bad storm blowing on the day you want to go clamming, how do you think the storm will affect the tide level? 

I think the tide level will be higher because of the storm.

13.     Give the date, the tide level, and the time that you would like to go clamming.

date= January 20       tide level= low at 1:18 pm        go clamming at= 2:00     sun sets at= 4:41 

14.    Give one example of other information you can obtain from your tide table.

I can obtain when the tides are the same and when to go clamming.