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Tides caused by inertial and gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon are called?
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Astronomical Tides. I just took the Ocean's test.
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When gravitational forces are compared with electrical forces you find that?
Electrical or magnetic forces are far more powerful than gravitational forces, but diminish far more rapidly with increasing distances. Over ranges of a few centimeters to a couple of meters, electrical forces are quite powerful, but for distances of hundreds or thousands of kilometers, electrical forces are vanishing small. Gravitational forces are weaker, but the diminishing effect with distance is much less. So over interplanetary or interstellar distances, gravity is the ONLY force of any importance.
What caused the great valley?
Geologists think that the Great Rift Valley was caused by violent underground forces. Perhaps underground earthquakes and plate movement.
How are low tides formed?
The Moon's Gravity Causes the waves to form.
How can a nebula become unstable?
A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "unstable" in this context, since I don't know what you consider "stable". Nebulae are dynamic, changing in response to gravitational forces and radiation pressure; the only way I can think of for one to be "stable" would be if the gravitational forces exactly balanced out the radiation pressure, which would just by the nature of things have to be metastable at best.
Differentiate waves and tides and differentiate neap tide and spring tide?
Wave is a movement in the water surface under vertical direction and is caused by wind. The stronger the wind is, so is the wave. Tide is a natural phenomenon, a regular and periodical oscillation of water. In theory, in terms of physical matter, tide is caused by the gravitational force of the moon and certainly by that of the sun as well. Neap tide is weak tide occurring when the gravitational forces of the moon and the sun are perpendiculare to one another. It occurs during quarter moons. Spring tide is strong time occurring when the earth, the sun and the moon are in a line. It occurs in the full and new moon.
Ratio of Inertial forces to drag forces is called which number?
Reynold's number
What causes the tide to happen?
The gravitational pull from both the moon and Sun, combined with the inertial forces created by the Earth's motion, create the tides.
What forces affect tides?
Tides are caused by the gravitational forces on Earth from the Moon and the Sun.
What values of froude number mean?
It is a dimensionless number that relates inertial to gravitational forces in the upstream flow. It is useful when looking at hydraulic jump (fluid dynamics)
What are example of newton?
The newton is a unit of force. Examples of forces are gravitational force, electric forces, magnetic forces, forces caused by pressure.
Do gravitational forces create high or low tides?
For Earth, both high and low tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon.
What forces the sea to go out?
The tides, for the most part, are caused my the gravitational influence of the moon
Can you distinguish between real force and pseudo force?
Real forces have its origin in matter such as electricity,gravitation etc.Pseudo force is caused by inertial motion such as centrifugal force.
When was Gravitational Forces created?
Gravitational Forces was created on 2001-08-07.
What is a main difference between gravitational and electr onic forces is that electrical forces?
Electronic forces mainly differ from gravitational forces by being also repulsive while gravitational forces are only attractive.
Which force pulls everything down to earth?
The force that pushes downward on objects on earth is called gravity.
How is sping tide caused?
When the sun and the moon are aligned in one axis pulling straight from earth.
