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A simplistic answer is that the tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun. During the lunar orbit around the earth, spring tides travel high up the beach, and ebb far down the beach. Neap tides only travel part way up the beach, and ebb part way down the beach.
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What is a spring and neat tide?
Spring Tides Are Extreme Tides And Neap Tides Are Weaker Tides.
Which is more powerful spring tide or neap tide?
A tide has no power itself, it is dependant on the moon (mostly). A spring tide has the greatest range, from high to low, because the sun also helps. When the sun and moon are aligned spring tides are produced. When they are at right angles, with respect to the earth, then neap tides are produced. Neap tides have the smallest difference.
What causes a neap tide?
The tides are a natural phenomenon between high and low tides is reduced. These are called neap tides. Do NOT get these confused with Spring tide. It is very easy to do, but it is a fatal (more or less) mistake.
Why do spring tides and neap tides occur twice a month?
they are both tides
What occurs when the sun and moon pull on earth at right angles to each other?
The main effect is on the tides, when the sun and moon are at right angles it produces neap tides. When in line it produces spring tides. Spring tides are abnormally high, neap tide are abnormally low
What tide is bigger a neap tide or a spring tide?
Spring :]
What is a incoming tide?
An incoming tide is a tide which is getting higher. As a tide moves towards its highest point, it covers more of sloped areas of the shore and thus appears to be coming in towards land.
What is the tide description of a incoming tide?
Incoming TideAnother name for incoming tide is the flood tide.
From what is known about spring tides and neap tides you can conclude that?
Neap tide is the lowest but not of good advantage for an oceanographers like spring tide
Is the water higher during a neap tide or a spring tide?
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Is the water higher during a neap tide or spring tide?
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Is flood tide a tidal current?
Yes. Flood tide is the incoming tide. Ebb tide is the outgoing.
Is flood-tide a tidal current?
Yes. Flood tide is the incoming tide. Ebb tide is the outgoing.
What is the opposite of a neap tide called?
the opposite of low tide is high tide.
What happens during a spring tide and a neap tide?
During a spring tide, the high water mark would be high up on the beach on the flood, and very far out on an ebb tide. During a neap tide, the high water mark is not so high or so low as during a spring tide.
What are the meaning of neap lid es from spring lid es?
I think you mean tides. Neap tide is the smallest difference high-low tide and spring tide is the largest.
What are different kinds of tide?
you have a high tide and low tide, tides are affected by the Moon. There is also something called Neap tide and Spring tide. Spring tide occurs in spring and sometime throughout the year. Neap tide is when there is a higher low tide and a lower low tide. Spring tide is when there is a higher low tide and lower high tide
