What term is the difference in height between consecutive high and low tides?

What term is the difference in height between consecutive high and low tides?

• A. Tidal Datum
• B. Tidal Range
• C. Tide
• D. Authigenic Sediment

Answer: (B)

The amount of water level change between high and low tides is described by the tidal range. It’s the vertical distance between a high tide and the following low tide, and it can vary by location and over the cycle (being larger at spring tides and smaller at neap tides). A tidal datum is simply the reference level used to measure tides (like mean sea level), a tide is the actual rise and fall of water, and authigenic sediment is sediment formed in place, not related to the height difference of tides.

The amount of water level change between high and low tides is described by the tidal range. It’s the vertical distance between a high tide and the following low tide, and it can vary by location and over the cycle (being larger at spring tides and smaller at neap tides). A tidal datum is simply the reference level used to measure tides (like mean sea level), a tide is the actual rise and fall of water, and authigenic sediment is sediment formed in place, not related to the height difference of tides.