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The name of the third quarter tide is called a neap tide. They are Spring tides that occur when the Sun and Moon line up.

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What moon phase would a neap tide occur at?

Neap Tide is the tide that occurs when the Sun and Moon are in 'quadrature',or 90 degrees apart in the sky. When things are arranged that way, we seethe Moon at either First Quarter or Third Quarter.


What tide has the least difference between low and high tide?

The neap tide. This tide happens when the Moon is at first quarter and last quarter and has the least influence on the tide.


What is it called when the tide is at lowest?

The tides are called neap tides. These occur during the First and Third quarter (in terms of moon phases) and are lower than the tides during New Moon and Full Moon phases.


What is the face of the moon when neap tide?

First Quarter and Last Quarter.


What a neap tide low or high?

No, it's not either of those things. A neap tide is when the difference between low tide and high tide is at a minimum. They occur roughly twice a month, when the moon is at first or third quarter. When the moon is new or full, you get the opposite of a neap tide, a "spring tide", when the difference between low tide and high tide as at a maximum.


What does heap tide mean?

i think you mean "neap" tide and it means a tide of small range occurring during the first - and - third quarter phases of the moon! ..... ha ha "heap" tide


The type of tide formed during the first and third quarter moon when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?

'Neap' Tides. At high tide a neap tide is not as high as a Spring High tide. At Low tide a neap tide is not as low as a spring Low Tide. At a given point on Earth, a Sprimg tide may have a range of 30 feet. At the same point on Earth, a Neap tide may only have a range of say 20 feet.


Where is the smallest tidal range?

Low tide Neap tide, (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter) Reference: http://www.eudict.com/?lang=engchi&word=neap%20tide%20(the%20smallest%20tide,%20when%20moon%20is%20at%20first%20or%20third%20quarter)


What kind of tide will occur when the moon is at positions a c d or f?

When the moon is at positions a, c, or f (new moon, first quarter, third quarter), neap tides will occur. Neap tides have the least difference between high and low tide levels. When the moon is at position d (full moon), spring tides will occur, which have the greatest difference between high and low tide levels.


What is a lower than average tide normally occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon called?

Neap Tide.


Which tide is created just after the new moon and full moon phase?

last quarter,crescent,new and first quarter.


How do you use the word neap tide in a sentence?

After watching the tides for several months she determined that the lowest tide was every two weeks or so, corresponding to the first and last quarter of the Moon, which corresponded to the neap tide.