Tide and Tidal Observations
Data and Observations
Record tides data for each location. Be sure to add rows as necessary.
Questions
Woods
Hole, MA
Dauphin
Island, AL
Location
#3:wauna
oregon
How many high and low tides occurred?
3 high
1 high
4 high
4 low
5 low?
5 low
durnal
Mixed
semidiunal
What type of tidal pattern was observed?
or semidiunal What are the tidal heights?
2.03 ft.
0.21 ff.
5.59 ft.
How do the observed and predicted data compare?
they don’t compare much at all.
They are extremely close but not quite. They are close in numbers but not completely true.
Hypothesis: What may have caused any differences between the observed and predicted data?
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Just illusions to our eyes from measuring the water wrong and looking at it. Conclusion
1. In your own words, summarize what causes tides. Discuss the effects of tidal forces and how bulges are formed. The position of the earth! They are formed by where the earth is located at the time.
2. In your own words, explain why humans are interested in monitoring tides. What impact do tides have on human life? What impact might tides have on other organisms? We enjoy learning about them because even though it isn’t anything new, we still want to know why and when it happens. It can affect the organisms by bringing them up to shore instead of keeping them where they need to stay to be alive.
3. In your own words, discuss how tides are monitored. Describe the old and new methods of monitoring tides. The old way is they used toput things in the water to measure how tall and when the tides happened. The newer way is by technical items to measure the tides.
4. In your own words, compare and contrast the tidal patterns of Woods Hole, MA,
Dauphin Island, AL, and location #3. All of the waves were completely different. Some were taller, some were shorter, and some you couldn’t even tell what kind of waves they were!
Record tides data for each location. Be sure to add rows as necessary.
Questions
Woods
Hole, MA
Dauphin
Island, AL
Location
#3:wauna
oregon
How many high and low tides occurred?
3 high
1 high
4 high
4 low
5 low?
5 low
durnal
Mixed
semidiunal
What type of tidal pattern was observed?
or semidiunal What are the tidal heights?
2.03 ft.
0.21 ff.
5.59 ft.
How do the observed and predicted data compare?
they don’t compare much at all.
They are extremely close but not quite. They are close in numbers but not completely true.
Hypothesis: What may have caused any differences between the observed and predicted data?
>
>
Just illusions to our eyes from measuring the water wrong and looking at it. Conclusion
1. In your own words, summarize what causes tides. Discuss the effects of tidal forces and how bulges are formed. The position of the earth! They are formed by where the earth is located at the time.
2. In your own words, explain why humans are interested in monitoring tides. What impact do tides have on human life? What impact might tides have on other organisms? We enjoy learning about them because even though it isn’t anything new, we still want to know why and when it happens. It can affect the organisms by bringing them up to shore instead of keeping them where they need to stay to be alive.
3. In your own words, discuss how tides are monitored. Describe the old and new methods of monitoring tides. The old way is they used toput things in the water to measure how tall and when the tides happened. The newer way is by technical items to measure the tides.
4. In your own words, compare and contrast the tidal patterns of Woods Hole, MA,
Dauphin Island, AL, and location #3. All of the waves were completely different. Some were taller, some were shorter, and some you couldn’t even tell what kind of waves they were!