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How does the moon cause a tide?

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the moons gravity pulls at the water making the a) north and south sides to have a high tide and the east and west have a low tide or b ) east and west has high tide and north and south has low

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How does the moon cause high tide and low tide?

the gravity


Does the moon's gravity cause low tide or high tide?

The Moon's gravity is the primary cause of tides - all tides, both high and low.


What cause of tides?

The gravitational pull of the moon is the cause of high tide.


What two objects in your sky cause ocean tide?

The sun and the moon.


Which of these will cause the greatest high tide?

when the moon is infront of the earth


What does the moon cause also known as the rise and fall of the oceans?

Tide.


What is the cause of high and low tide water marks?

The moon apparently has a force that pulls the water up at high tide.


What kind of cloud can cause tide?

Clouds do not cause tides. Tides are caused by the pull of the Moon's gravity.


Why there is waves in see?

the gravitational force of the moon is pulling on all mass of the earth, so the water and cause the earth is orbitting it creates tide. high tide on the side closest to the moon. and low tide on the other side


How does Moon's gravity causes Tide?

The moon does not Cause tides. How can the moon cause tides when it does not have gravity strong enough to create it's own atmosphere.In this case how can its gravitational pull cause tides on earth,which at distance from the moon


Which position is the moon in to cause a spring tide?

when the moon is in a high or low position. p.s. Trenton Coty Dow found this out. =)


What evidence do you have that the moon pulls on the earth at all?

The changes in ocean tides are caused by the moon's gravitational pull on the earth. The moon actually pulls the earth away from the ocean, which cause low tide on the side of the planet where the moon is, and high tide on the opposite side.