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What do you think would happen to the Earth's tides if the moon was not there?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
The present pattern of tides is the result of gravitational forces between the Earth
and both the sun and the moon. If the moon disappeared but the sun remained,
there would still be two high tides and two low ones every day. They would be more
consistent in amplitude but lower on the average than they are now. Also, the highs
and lows in any one place would always occur at the same time of day ... the whole
pattern would not creep later by 45 to 50 minutes per day as it does now .
Ebba Hoeger
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe present pattern of tides is the result of gravitational forces between the Earth
and both the sun and the moon. If the moon disappeared but the sun remained,
there would still be two high tides and two low ones every day. They would be more
consistent in amplitude but lower on the average than they are now. Also, the highs
and lows in any one place would always occur at the same time of day ... the whole
pattern would not creep later by 45 to 50 minutes per day as it does now .
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoNothing. If the earth were not there, there would be no tides on earth.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe tides would be much less pronounced and have a different period.
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What would happen if tides did not occur?
There would be one less form of erosion on earth.
What would happen if there was no such thing as the moon?
Then there would be no nice full moons. The tides would also be quite a bit weaker (we would still have tides due to the Sun's gravity).
What would happen if the earths rate of rotation decreased what would increase?
The length of the day
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 would happen to the height levels of the water during spring tide?
the height of the tides rises up
Why earths oceans have tides?
If we did not have the moon, there would be no waves.
What would happen if there were no tides?
If there were no tides, Earth wouldn't be the same
What would happen to the tides as a result?
If the moon were to be destroyed there would still be tides. This would be because of the sun still being in assistance and affecting the tides.
What would happen to the earths tide if the moon was further away?
High tides would be smaller and low tides would be bigger, but would still occur. The cause of the tides is the gravitational attraction between the earth and moon, and to a lesser extent, between the earth and sun. If the moon were further from the earth, its gravitational attraction would be less strong, and its effect on the earth's liquid envelope would be correspondingly less.
What would happen to Earth and tides if the distance between Earth and the Moon increased?
Tides would become stronger.
What would happen to the earth tides if the distance between earth and the moon increased?
Tides would become stronger.
Can man do anything to change the effect the moon has on your tides?
if the government was to knock the moon off its course revolving around the earth then yes it would change the earths tides however that would not be a very good idea to do that as it would remove the tides altogether
What would happen to the tides if there was more than 1 moon?
the tides and was would go ballistic and there would be tsunamis everywhere and lots of us would die
What if the moon was smaller what would happen to the tides and the way it recycles?
The tides will go not as high and the moon will get closer to us
What would happen to earth if it lost its moon?
High tides wouldn't be as high and low tides wouldn't be as low.
What would happen if the moon did not circle the earth?
we would have no tides and night would be pitch black
What would happen if tides did not occur?
There would be one less form of erosion on earth.
