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What would happen if there were no tides?
If there were no tides, Earth wouldn't be the same
How often do low tides happen?
Twice a day. Same as high tides.
How many tides happen in the same spot each day?
Most places have two tides in a day. On the Gulf Coast of Florida west of the Apalachicola River, there is one a day and it is measured in inches. A few places on earth may have none.
What might explain the fact that water is rising in one area and falling in another?
This is happening because of tides, which happen in the opposite places on Earth at the same time. The magnetic field on the Earth and the Moon are pulling towards each other, causing the tides to rise in one place and fall in another.
Are the 2 tides that occur during the day the same?
No, the two tides that occur during the day are not the same. Typically, there are two high tides and two low tides each day. These tides are caused by the gravitational forces of the moon and sun interacting with the Earth's rotation.
What might explain the facts that water is rising in one area and falling on another area?
This is happening because of tides, which happen in the opposite places on Earth at the same time. The magnetic field on the Earth and the Moon are pulling towards each other, causing the tides to rise in one place and fall in another.
What would happen to the Earth's tides if the moon was twice the size as it is now?
What matters heres is the Moon's mass, as well as its distance. With a more massive Moon (and in the same orbit), the tides would of course be stronger.
What is the same about neap tides and spring tides?
Both neap tides and spring tides occur due to the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun on Earth's oceans. Neap tides happen when the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun are at right angles, resulting in lower high tides and higher low tides. Spring tides occur when the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun are aligned, creating higher high tides and lower low tides.
How does the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun cause spring and neap tides?
When the Moon and the Sun are on the same side of the Earth, or on opposite sides of the Earth (i.e., full moon or new moon), their effects are in the same direction, and the tides are stronger (spring tides). When they are at right angles, their effects will partially cancel, and the tides are weaker (neap tides - not sure about the spelling).
Are tides the same on all coastlines?
Tides are the same, but the same type of tide could or could not be happening in another place.
Which phases of the moon cause the highest low tides and lowest high tides?
At the quarter moon phase, the gravity of the sun and the moon are working at right angles to each other, partially canceling out their tidal effects. This is when you'll get the highest low tides or lowest high tides, or "neap tides".
Do high tides occur less often than low tides as often as low tides or more often than low tides?
same
