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The moon's gravity changes the tides in oceans and seas.

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What is caused by the pulling of the moon's gravity?

high tidesProbably the most notable affect of the Moon's gravity, here on the Earth, are the tides.


Which of the following physical processes is most frequently responsible for changes in oceanic tides?

Here is the correct answer:The gravity of the Moon.


If there were oceans on the moon would they have tides?

No. The Moon doesn't rotate with respect to Earth; the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. So even if there were oceans with liquid water, there wouldn't be rising and falling tides as we have here.


What are three things that the moon affects here on earth?

the one thing i know the moon does is affect the water tides (Low & High)


What happens when the moon travels around the earth?

Some things that happen:* You see the Moon in different phases, as the angle Sun-Earth-Moon changes. * The tides, caused by the Moon and the Sun, become strongest when Sun, Earth and Moon are in a straight line, and weakest when they are at right angles.


Can solar flares cause earthquakes?

There is a direct correlation between solar flares and earthquakes. As the Moon affects our tides, the Sun affects the mantle, tectonic plates and disrupts electrical activity. When there are large solar flares, within a week we experience earthquakes here on Earth.


Earth's one moon is held in orbit by?

gravity. gravity is pretty much responsible for everything. but don't go thinking that the moon should just crash on into the earth, the earth's rotation is very important here. The moon is actually moving farther away from the earth, scientists predict that in about 10,000 years the moon will be so far away that there will no longer be significant ocean tides (unless we make our own!)


Are ocean tides inexhaustible?

yes they are inexable because if the ocean is here then so will water tides


Tides of a great range?

The largest tides occur the alignment of the Sun, Earth and Moon system coincide at their perigee and perihelion. Thus all the gravitational masses pull in one direction and cause very high tides. Rarely, Mars may add to the picture.These tides will be the highest recorded and the lowest recorded, hence the range is greatest. Often called King Tides.


What are the main effects of the moon?

The main effect of the moon is to create tides here on earth. Because of this, the moon also causes the earth to slow in it's rotation by about one second every 100,000 years.


How does the moon determine the weather?

With the exception of the ocean tides here on earth, which are caused by the pull of the Moon, the Moon has no effect on earths weather. And the Moon has no weather of it's own, of course.


What if the tilt of the Earth's axis was closer to the sun?

Tides would become stronger.