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Category: Oceanography and Hydrology
Level: Grade 9
Author: Nolwyn
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Grade 9 Oceanography and Hydrology

What is a neap tide?
  1. a tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide when the Sun and Moon are aligned in a line with Earth
  2. a tide with the least difference between low and high tide that occurs when the Sun and Moon pull at right angles to each other
  3. a current created near the shore do to convection causes nutrients from the bottom of the ocean to surface providing nourishment for many kinds of ocean life
  4. the effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents