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Q: What is the moon's gravitational pull responsible for on earth?
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What is the cause of tides on earth?

The moons gravitational pull on the Earth


Where is the earth pulled on from the moons gravitational pull?

The oceans


How does the moons orbit effect the earth?

The moons gravitational pull on the earth lifts the Earth's oceans causing the ebb and flow of the tides.


How are high tide and low tide alike?

They are Both created by the moons gravitational pull on the earth


Why gravitational force of son didn't pull earth towards it?

Because Earth and all the other planets and moons have a gravitational pull. This pull is distributed so that everthing stays in orbit.


Why do moons not fall into the planet they are orbiting?

Because of the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon


What affects the heights of tides?

The gravitational pull of the sun, Earth, and moon.


Does earth orbit causes change in the tides?

No. The biggest influence on the tides is the moons gravitational pull.


What powers surface ocean currents?

Uneven heating from the sun.


Does the moons gravitational force stronger than earths gravitational force?

No the Earth would pull u more than the moon


What is the power of the Moon's gravitational pull over the mediterranean compared with moons gravitational pull over the Atlantic?

Approximately equal everywhere on the Earth; that is to say, almost nil.


How does the moon affect the earth's oceans?

The moons gravitational pull is what causes tides.