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The periodic rise and fall of large bodies of water due to the gravitational interaction between the earth and the Moon are called?
Tide.
What casuses tides?
Tides are caused by the sun's and the moon's gravitational pull on the earth being different.
Is the moon the only thing that affects tides?
No. Tides on Earth are caused mainly by the Moon, and by the Sun. If the Moon and the Sun are aligned - on the same side, or on opposite sides of the Earth - tides are stronger than when they are at a right angle. There are also tides on other planets, caused by their corresponding moons.
Why are scientists able to predict tides in advance?
Tides are caused by the moon, so scientists can predict tides in advance from the moon's position relative to earth
What would happen to the earth tides if the distance between earth and the moon increased?
Tides would become stronger.
What causes the oceans tides?
Earth's tides are caused by the interaction of:the gravitational pull of the moonthe gravitational pull of the sunthe rotation of the Earth
What causes tides and what affects their heights?
Tides are caused by the interaction of Earth, the moon, and the sun. Changes in the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun affect the heights of the tides during a month.
What are the tides on earth mainly caused by?
Tides on earth are mainly caused by the moon's gravity and earth's rotation.
Tides are caused by the pull between the earth and the?
The gravitational pull of the Moon has the greatest influence on the Earth's tides but the Sun also has some effect.
Are the tides on earth caused by the gravity?
Tides on Earth are caused by the gravity of the moon and, to a lesser degree, the sun.
What are earths tides caused by?
The tides are caused by the gravitational pull of Earth's moon.
What are Tides on Earth are causes by?
Tides on earth are mainly caused by the moon's gravity and earth's rotation.
What is the difference between tides and tidle waves?
Tides are caused by the moon's gravity acting on the Earths water.Tidal waves are caused by sudden underwater movements of the Earth during an earthquake
Tide result from pull of gravity exerted upon the earth by what or is it nothing?
Yes, Tides are periodic rises and falls of large bodies of water. Tides are caused by the gravitational interaction between the Earth and the Moon. The gravitational attraction of the moon causes the oceans to bulge out in the direction of the moon. Another bulge occurs on the opposite side, since the Earth is also being pulled toward the moon
The periodic rise and fall of large bodies of water due to the gravitational interaction between the earth and the Moon are called?
Tide.
As the moon revolves around the earth the moons gravity pulls on the earths seas this gravitational force causes?
A tide. You're asking about the tidal force caused by the interaction of the earth and moon. The earth and moon orbit around their common point, the barycenter, which is located within the body of the earth. As the earth swings away from the barycenter, the tides are caused that are observed on the side of earth away from the moon.
What forces affect tides?
Tides are caused by the gravitational forces on Earth from the Moon and the Sun.
