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The Moon's gravitational pull on our planet causes the ebb and flow, (rise and fall), of our earth's oceans.

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What is a push or pull one body exerts on another body?

It is called force. Force is the push or pull exerted on a body that can change the shape or size, speed and velocity or other physical properties of that body.


Which best describes the way sunlight creates global ocean currents?

An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of ocean water generated by the forces acting upon this mean flow, such as breaking waves, wind, Coriolis effect,cabbeling, temperature and salinity differences and tides caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the SunFrom Wiki


EXPlain how tides are produced in ocean?

Tides are mainly caused by the gravitational pull of the moon against the oceans. Thus, spring tide and neap tide coincide with different phases of the moon


After a shuttle is launched into orbit what happens to gravity?

There is no gravity in space but the shuttle stays in orbit because of the Earths gravity and inertia. The inertia keeps it going in a circular motion. In space the Earth's gravity is strong enough to hold something in orbit but not strong enough to pull it to Earth's surface.


When reading a scale of water do you read of the tip of the water or the bottom curve?

In a graduated cylinder, the water or liquid will tend to pull its surface up the side just a bit. This curved shape is call the meniscus. You should read the level at the lowest point of the meniscus, in the center. Turn the cylinder so that the markings are toward you, so you can see the low point of the meniscus behind the markings to get your measurement. There are a few liquids which want to pull away from the edges, which will thus have an inverted meniscus. For these, you would read the high point.

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What is ocean curent?

The ocean current is the strong pull of the waves you feel when you are in the sea.


What is a region in space that exerts a gravitational pull on all the matter and light around it?

A region in space that exerts a gravitational pull on all matter and light around it is a black hole. Black holes are extremely dense objects with gravity so strong that not even light can escape its pull, leading to their characteristic feature of being invisible, hence the name "black hole."


Which is greater the moon's pull on earth or earths pull on the moon?

The moon is only strong enough to push and pull the tides in the ocean on earth. The earths pull is so strong it moves the entire moon in circles.


What does the moon have to do with the ocean's tides?

The moon exerts a small gravitational pull on the surface of the Earth, as it orbits our planet. This pulls the water of the oceans towards the moon as it passes overhead, creating high tide. The water on the opposite side of the planet recedes, creating low tide.


What brings energy the ocean water?

The moon's gravitational pull.


Why do experience the water rising and falling in the ocean?

The rise and fall of the ocean's water is caused by the gravitational pull from the moon and the sun.


What exerts such a gravitational pull that no electromagnetic radiation can escape?

A black hole exerts such a strong gravitational pull that not even electromagnetic radiation, including visible light, can escape its grasp. The intense gravitational force of a black hole warps spacetime to create a region from which nothing, not even light, can escape.


What is dependent on gravitational pull?

Any two objects with mass will have a gravitational force. The orbit of planets around stars depends on the gravitational pull of the star. The Earth exerts a gravitational pull on its moon but the moon also exerts a pull on the Earth.


What does the gravitational that the moon exerts on earth cause?

The gravitational pull of the moon causes tides on Earth. This pull creates a bulging effect in the ocean waters, leading to high and low tides as the Earth rotates.


How does the Moon contribute to Earth's tides?

The moon exerts a gravitational attraction on the Earth and on everything that is on the Earth. The oceans, being liquid, can respond to that attraction more freely than the solid crust does. The ocean is not going to leave the Earth and go flying away into space, because the Earth exerts a much larger gravitational attraction on the ocean than the moon does, but the moon still exerts enough force to alter the height of the ocean in various locations. The part of the ocean that faces the moon directly experiences the highest tide, being pulled in the direction of the moon, and the part that is farthest from the moon also has a high tide, since it experiences the least pull and it is facing away from the moon, so less pull allows it to retain more water; the low tides occur in the intermediate regions between the sides that face the moon or face away from the moon, because water is drawn away from those regions into the higher tide regions.


What is it about the sun that makes everything else in the solar system revolve around it?

The immense mass of the Sun exerts a strong gravitational pull on everything in the Solar System, causing them to stay in orbit around it.


What is a pull under the waves?

A pull under the waves refers to a strong current or undertow that can drag a swimmer down beneath the water's surface, making it difficult to swim back to shore. It is important for swimmers to be aware of potential dangerous currents when swimming in the ocean.