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The Moon's gravity pulls ocean water toward it while the Earth revolves.
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What causes low tide on a coastline?
the moon's force on earth causes high tide and low tide.
What causes the change of tide?
The Moon
What objects causes the earth tides?
The moon causes the earths water to have a low tide or a high tide
How the moon affects the Earth's surface?
Moon affects the tide. It causes low tide and high tide on Earth. I guess it does not have a direct impact on the land surface of the Earth.
What is lunar pull?
It is he Gravitational pull from the moon...This also causes high tide and low tide.
What Causes the pull of the moon and the Sun on the Earth?
high tide
What causes a tide to occur?
The gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth's oceans.
What type of tide causes a weak pull because the effects of the sun and moon are cancelled out?
It's called a 'neap' tide. When the sun & moon work together - it's called a 'spring' tide.
What is a moon tide?
On Earth, ocean tides are caused by the moon. This is because the moon is pulling on the surface of the Earth and the water in the ocean which is closer to the moon is pulled upward. This upward surge causes high tide while on the opposite side of the Earth (where the moon is furthest from the water) there is a low tide.
What causes spring tide and neap tides?
The gravitational pull by the moon and the sun.
What happens on the side of earths opposite the moon?
it causes a high tide in the ocean
What causes the difference in tide heights?
The gravitational attraction of the sun and the moon, and their varying positions.
