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When the bulge of water on the side of the Earth is closest to which tide that the moon produces?
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The bulge is always "beneath" the Moon (well, actually, it's just a bit behind beneath, tracking the Moon as it orbits the Earth). A Moon (doesn't matter which phase it's in) directly overhead produces the day's high tide, while a Moon on either horizon (or slightly below it) gives us the low tide. When the Moon pulls with the Sun (Full and New Moons), we have "spring tides" (higher than usual highs; lower lows) and when it pulls at right angles, there are "neap" tides (not so much variation between high and low).
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What is a tidal budge?
A Tidal Bulge is a high tide. It is a bulge of water on the side of the earth under the moon, and it is caused by the moon's gravity attracting the water. There is a similar bulge on the opposite side of the earth, away from the moon, to counterbalance the moon bulge. The areas between the two bulges experience low tide.
Why does the moon only affect the water on your planet?
The moon's gravity does not just affect water. The moon actually produces a tidal bulge in the ground of about a meter (three feet), but we don't notice it because that bulge is spread across thousands of miles and we move with the ground. Water experiences the same amount of force, but the effects on it more noticeable because it can flow freely.
What causes the water on the opposite of earth to rise up during a hide tide?
The water on the side of the earth opposite the sun/moon also rises during high tide because not only is the water pulled by the moon and sun's gravity, but the earth itself is also pulled. This causes there to be a bulge of water on the oppposite side of the earth as well.
Tides occur because?
Tides occur due to the gravitational pull of the moon. The surface of the earth nearest the moon is pulled by the moon, causing a bulge in the water. The side opposite the moon is also affected as the earth is attracted to the moon, so there is a bulge here as well. As the earth rotates under the moon, this bulge in the water appears to follow around, causing the tide to come in and out twice a day, at any given place. Some areas are not affected as much as others, due to the water being restricted by land masses. The Mediterranean sea has very small tides as a result.
Why does water on the side of earth farthest from the moon bulge away from earth in the opposite direction?
You can think of it as the Moon pulling the Earth apart, due to the difference in gravitation. Water, being able to move around more freely, reacts more readily to this difference in gravity, than the solid part of the Earth.
What is a aqueous bulge?
An aqueous bulge is a bulge that occurs in water. There is one on each side of the earth, one facing the moon and the other facing away from the moon, causing tides to occur.
What effect of the earth-moon system causes the water bulge on the side of the earth farthest from the moon?
The moon's gravity attracts the water.
Does gravity causes Earth's land water and atmosphere to bulge slighty toward the moon?
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What does the pull of the moon on the ocean create?
The pull of the moon's gravity on the ocean causes the tides. When the moon is over water its pull causes the water to bulge (rise toward the moon) as the Earth rotates below the moon this bulge moves. Wherever the bulge is there's high tide. Everywhere else where the water has been pulled away from to make the bulge is low tide.
Bulges of water in the ocean are?
That's a good way to describe the tides. You can think of a permanent bulge in the ocean, pointing toward the moon, with the earth rotating inside the bulge.
What causes the earth is have tides?
The cause of Earth's tides is gravitational pull from the Moon and the Sun. The Moon's influence on the tide is far, far, stronger than the Sun's, however. The gravity pulls up on the water on the part of the Earth closest to the Moon, as well as causing a bulge on the exact opposite part of the bulge. As the Earth rotates, the location of high tide moves around the world. In every 24 hour cycle, or every full rotation of Earth, there are two high tides and two low tides.
What layer of the atmosphere is closest from the earth?
The troposphere is the layer closest to the Earth.
What do you call the cycle that produces rain?
Water cycle produces rain. The rain reaches earth's surface.
Why the moon and gravity is able to create high and low tides?
The Moon is fairly close, so it pulls one side of planet Earth stronger than the opposite side. This is the origin of the tidal forces. 2nd answer: Close. The Earth and the Moon tug on each other as a result of their both having considerable gravity. This tug or pull actually bulges out the surface of the moon or Earth, and this bulge sort of 'slides' around the surface of the moon or Earth. The result? Well for the moon, this sliding bulge creates a lot of friction, and takes heat out of the moon's material. Over the million of years that this has happened, the moon has gotten more and more reluctant for this bulge to slide around it, until today, the moon always keeps the same face pointing to Earth, and the bulge on the moon is always in the same place. For Earth, the bulge from the moon's gravity slides around it, too, affecting water and land alike. But since water is super easy to move, we notice the bulge in water much more than on land. But there is a strange thing that happens . . . there is also a second, but smaller bulge ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE of the Earth. This results in there being high tides (the bulge) on the side of Earth nearest the moon, and also on the side of Earth farthest from the moon. In between these bulges the ocean lowers itself because some of its water has had to move over to fill the two bulges. This is low tide. This movement of water causes many sorts of ocean currents.
What is a bulge in water?
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What is a tidal budge?
A Tidal Bulge is a high tide. It is a bulge of water on the side of the earth under the moon, and it is caused by the moon's gravity attracting the water. There is a similar bulge on the opposite side of the earth, away from the moon, to counterbalance the moon bulge. The areas between the two bulges experience low tide.
Why does the moon only affect the water on your planet?
The moon's gravity does not just affect water. The moon actually produces a tidal bulge in the ground of about a meter (three feet), but we don't notice it because that bulge is spread across thousands of miles and we move with the ground. Water experiences the same amount of force, but the effects on it more noticeable because it can flow freely.
