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What type of tides has the highest high tides and the lowest low tides called?
The greatest high tides are Spring tides where the Earth, Moon, and Sun are in a line. They are also the lowest low tides. The least high tides and low tides are called neap tides when the sun, moon and earth form a right angle
What are The effects of the moon on the earth and tides?
The gravitational pull of the moon causes tides on Earth. When the moon is aligned with the Sun and Earth, we experience higher high tides (spring tides), while when the moon is at a right angle to the Sun and Earth, we experience lower high tides (neap tides). This gravitational force also creates tidal bulges on Earth, causing the oceans to rise and fall throughout the day.
When there are high tidesthere are also low tides somewhere on earthtimes a day?
yes, I would think so.
Explain the role of the sun and the moon in causing tides on earth?
The sun and moon's gravitational pull on Earth's oceans causes tides. The moon's gravitational pull is stronger due to its proximity, creating two high tides and two low tides each day as the Earth rotates. The sun's gravitational pull also affects tides, with spring tides occurring when the sun, moon, and Earth align, creating higher high tides and lower low tides.
How many tides does earth have everyday?
Earth has a total of 4 tides a day 2 high tides and 2 low tides.
What has the greatest effect on the Earth tides why?
The gravitational pull of the moon has the greatest effect on Earth tides. The moon's gravitational force causes bulges in the Earth's oceans, creating high and low tides as the Earth rotates. Other factors, such as the sun's gravity and the shape of the coastline, also play a role in affecting tides.
How do tides change in relation to the position of the earth and moon?
Tides are primarily influenced by the gravitational pull of the moon and, to a lesser extent, the sun. As the Earth rotates, different areas move into the moon's gravitational field, causing water to bulge outward, resulting in high tides. When the Earth rotates away from the moon, those areas experience low tides. The alignment of the Earth, moon, and sun also affects tidal ranges, leading to spring tides (higher high tides) during full and new moons and neap tides (lower high tides) during the first and third quarters of the moon.
How does the gravitational pull of the sun and moon affect the tides on Earth?
The gravitational pull of the sun and moon causes the tides on Earth. The moon's gravity primarily affects the tides, creating high and low tides as it orbits the Earth. The sun's gravity also plays a role, reinforcing or counteracting the effects of the moon's gravity. This gravitational interaction results in the predictable pattern of two high tides and two low tides each day.
Where do the water bulges occur on earth during the tides?
bulges of water in the ocean are called high tides.
If you have been to a beach for a whole day then you have seen tides roll in and out. What causes Earth's high tides?
Earth's high tides are primarily caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon. The Moon's gravitational force creates bulges in the Earth's water, causing the water level to rise, resulting in high tides. High tides occur on the side of the Earth facing the Moon and on the opposite side due to the Moon's gravitational influence.
How does the moon affect the tides on the side of earth facing the moon?
There are high tides on the side of Earth facing the moon.
When are high tides created?
High tides form when the moon's gravity pulls on the side of the Earth facing the sun and facing away from the sun. This forms high tides
