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they're so high because when the sun, moon, and earth are in a line, their gravitational pull creates a tidal bulge on earth. during neap tides, the sun, moon, and earth are at a 90 degree angle, making more even tidal bulges, making high and low tides closer together than the spring tides.

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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.


How many islands during high tide and low tide?

how many islands does the Philippines having during high tides and low tides? the answer is: 7,107 during low tide and 7,107 during high tide....... get it? the no. of islands never change at tide reversals, they will always be the same at 7,107. maybe the correct question is: how many islands of the Philippines can you see during high/low tides? answer: no idea, maybe minus 7, 20, 50, 100 during low tide


How does the sun and moon produce the regular rising and falling of tides on earth?

Moon: The moon causes the tides because of the moon's gravity. Tides are caused mainly by differences in how much the moon's gravity pulls on different parts of Earth.-Sorry I don't know how the sun causes the tides....-


During what month does Spring tides occur and why?

A neap tide is a tide with the least difference between consecutive and low and high tides. A spring tides are combined forces which produce a tide with a greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides. They occur because the moons gravitational pull is pulling it.


What alignment of the earth moon and sun cause the spring and neap tides?

The Earth's 23.5 degree tilt with respect to the orbital or ecliptic plane causes the Sun to rise higher in the sky during the summer months and lower in the winter months.. The spring and autumnal equinoxes correspond to the days on which the Sun is positioned directly over the equator and is observed to rise directly in the Eastern sky, resulting in exactly the same amount of daylight and nighttime everywhere on Earth.

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What is another name for high tides?

spring tides.


What are the effects of high tides and low tides to the fisher folks?

it causes tsunami


What type of tides do Neptune have?

I think it low tides because nothing causes high tides to happen in Neptune


Which tides are higher then normal during a high tide low or high tides and why?

do you mean spring tide


Why is there moon?

The moon is majorly important because it causes the tides of the sea. Due to the pull of gravity, the tides arise on the side of the earth because they are strongest there. The moon also causes the earth to move an inch or two during high tide.


Where do the water bulges occur on earth during the tides?

bulges of water in the ocean are called high tides.


What effect has the moon have on waves?

The moon's gravity causes waves and tides to rise. During a period called 'high tide', the moon is closer to the Earth than usual, and the result is that it's gravity causes ocean waves to be higher than normal.


How do low tides occurs?

Lunar tides and solar tides partially cancel each other out. (During high tides, they work together)


Its gravity has a minor infulence in the ocean tides?

The Moon's gravity is a major factor in creating ocean tides. Its gravitational pull causes the water in the ocean to bulge outward at the point closest to the moon, creating high tides, and also at the point farthest from the moon, creating another high tide. The areas in between experience low tides.


What causes spring tides and neap tides in the ocean?

Spring tides are caused by the alignment of the sun, moon, and Earth, creating higher high tides and lower low tides. Neap tides occur when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other, resulting in lower high tides and higher low tides.


What causes the earth to experience spring and neap on bi-monthly basis?

The Earth experiences spring and neap tides roughly on a bi-monthly basis due to the gravitational interactions between the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun. Spring tides occur when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are aligned during full and new moons, resulting in higher high tides and lower low tides. Conversely, neap tides happen when the Moon is at a right angle to the Earth-Sun line during the first and third quarters of the moon, causing lower high tides and higher low tides. This cyclical pattern is influenced by the positions of these celestial bodies relative to one another.


What objects causes the earth tides?

The moon causes the earths water to have a low tide or a high tide