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When do tidal currents reach their maximum velocity?
  a. Midway between slack water and high tide
  b. Midway between low tide and slack water
  c. Midway between high and low tide
  d. During the flood current
  e. During the ebb curr



Question 2

What is an ebb current?
  a. The rise in sea level as a tide crest approaches
  b. The rise in sea level as a tide trough approaches
  c. The fall in sea level as a tide trough approaches
  d. The fall in sea level as a tide crest approaches
  e. A time of no currents
 
 




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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: c



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