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When the Sun, Earth & Moon are in alignment with one another spring tides occur. Spring tides are higher than average.
When the Sun - Earth line is at right angles to the Earth - Moon line, we see "neap" tides, which are lower than average.
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∙ 14y agoTides are created by the tidal forces largely from the moon.
Daily high tides are created by the rotation of the Earth with respect to the Moon. When the Moon is either above or directly on the other side of the Earth from the ocean, there is a high tide. Hence, there are two high tides and two low tides a day.
Larger patterns occur when we take into account the Sun and the Moon, known as spring tides and neap tides.
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∙ 14y agoLunar tides occur due to the moon's gravity, during its orbit of the earth. Though not as widely known, the sun also creates a solar tidal effect as the earth spins, approximately one-third as powerful as the moon's tidal effect. During most of the month, these two randomly overlap. However, during the new moon and full moon (when the moon is roughly behind the earth or when the moon is between the sun and earth, and the three are aligned at 180 degrees), these two tidal effects overlap, and their effects are synchronized, causing higher than normal high tides and lower than normal low tides.
These are known as 'Spring Tides.' There are also 'Neap' tides during the quarter moons, when the sun's gravity pulls the tides at a 90-degree angle to the moon's tides, partially canceling out the moon's tides. This causes lower than usual high tides and higher than usual low tides.
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∙ 14y agoWhen the sun and the moon are aligned in one axis pulling straight from earth.
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What is the difference between the highest and lowest tides during a neap tide?
A neap tide happens during the quarter phase of the moon and they are weak tides. There is a very small difference between high and low tides during this time.
What do differences in the moons and suns pull on different sides of earth cause?
Neap, Spring, high and low tides.
What is the stronger of the two forces that form ocean tides?
Lunar gravity.
Do high tides occur less often than low tides as often as low tides or more often than low tides?
same
What phase of the moon causes the highest tides?
If you mean which of these bodies has the strongest gravitational field then the Sun wins by a very large margin. This is because the strength of a gravitational field is governed by an object's mass and the Sun is the heaviest. After that the Earth is the most massive and finally the moon. So the order is Sun, Earth and Moon.
Which type of tides occurs when the sun and moon form a straight line?
Spring tides
What is a spring and neat tide?
Spring Tides Are Extreme Tides And Neap Tides Are Weaker Tides.
When high tides are higher than normal what tides do they make neap or spring tides?
it makes spring tides. the way i remenber that is springs go high and and spring tides are higher than neap tides.
What type of tides has the highest high tides and the lowest low tides called?
The greatest high tides are Spring tides where the Earth, Moon, and Sun are in a line. They are also the lowest low tides. The least high tides and low tides are called neap tides when the sun, moon and earth form a right angle
When are tides higest?
Twice a month, at spring tides (nothing to do with the season of Spring).
Tide are especially high or low when the moon is full or new?
in England we call them spring tides and they occur whenever there is a full moon.
Do spring tides occur mostly in the spring?
Spring tides occur every two months; every full moon and new moon. The spring has nothing to do with the spring tides, despite it's name.
Do mostly spring tides occur in the spring?
Spring tides occur every two months; every full moon and new moon. The spring has nothing to do with the spring tides, despite it's name.
What are the two tides that the moon make?
Spring tides and neap tides
How many types tides are there?
2. Neap tides, and spring tides.
How many days apart are neap tides and spring tides?
Neap and spring tides are about 7 days apart.
What is another name for high tides?
spring tides.
