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What is a spring and neat tide?
Spring Tides Are Extreme Tides And Neap Tides Are Weaker Tides.
If low tide occurred at 7am today what time will low tide occur there in one week?
Tides follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, with low tides occurring approximately every 12 hours and 25 minutes. Therefore, if low tide occurred at 7 AM today, in one week, low tide will occur at about 7:25 AM. This slight shift is due to the lunar cycle affecting the timing of the tides.
How does the sun and the moon affect a high tide?
High tides happen when the moon is overhead, as the gravity pulls the mass of water on earth toward it. Low tides are the opposite, when the moon is below, under your feet, it is pulling the watery mass of the oceans away from your side of the planet. The shape or apparent phase of the moon has absolutely nothing to do with this effect.
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.
What is the Contrast between a spring tides and neap tides?
Perigee tides involve the Moon's orbit around the Earth. It does not go in a perfect circle but rather in an ellipse/oval shaped revolution. Because of that there are some points in the Moon's orbit at which the Moon is closer to the Earth. "Perigee" is the point of closest approach. With that closeness it causes a greater gravitational attraction between Earth and the Moon, pulling more water towards the Moon, causing what we know as high and low tides. "Spring tides" can occur during a perigee tide but not necessarily. A spring tide is a tide that occurs when the Sun, Earth and the Moon are nearly in a straight line, at a NEW MOON, or at a Full Moon. The highest tides happen then.
Does the moon give us gravity?
The moon exerts a gravitational influence on Earth. It causes the tides in the oceans, and, when directly overhead, it reduces your weight by a tiny amount.
What observation did people make that allowed them to infer that the moon and tides were related?
People observed that tides rose and fell in a consistent pattern, aligning with the moon's phases. Specifically, they noted that high tides occurred when the moon was directly overhead or on the opposite side of the Earth. This correlation led to the inference that the moon's gravitational pull influenced the movement of ocean water, creating the cyclical nature of tides.
What causes low tides?
The moon's gravitational pull.The tides occur because of the gravitational pull of the the moon on the major bodies of water. Low tide occurs where the gravitational pull of the moon is lowest, on the opposite side of Earth from where the moon is directly overhead, which is where high tide occurs.
What causes the oceans tides?
Earth's tides are caused by the interaction of:the gravitational pull of the moonthe gravitational pull of the sunthe rotation of the Earth
Does the moon effect the earths seasons?
The seasons are caused by the axial tilt of the earth with respect to the sun. As the earth rotates around the sun, the southern or the northern hemisphere will get either more sun and less darkness (thus warmer), or more darkness and less sun (thus colder) The moon's influence on this would be negligible. However, the tides are from both the sun and moon's gravity. When the sun is directly overhead the tides should be highest (summer). But, since there is an opposing aspect of the tides, the tides are also highest when the sun is furthest from being overhead (winter).
The Moon's gravity causes what on earth?
The Moon's gravity primarily causes ocean tides on Earth, creating a regular rise and fall of sea levels. This gravitational pull affects water bodies, leading to high tides when the Moon is directly overhead and low tides when it is on the opposite side. Additionally, the Moon's gravitational influence contributes to slight variations in Earth's rotation and axial tilt.
How does the moon affect earth's water?
The moon's gravitational pull creates tides in Earth's oceans. When the moon is directly overhead or on the opposite side of the Earth, it causes high tides. When it is at a right angle to the Earth and the sun, it causes lower tides. This gravitational interaction results in the regular rise and fall of ocean waters.
How position of the Moon released to the occurrence of the tide?
The position of the Moon significantly influences the occurrence of tides due to its gravitational pull on Earth’s waters. When the Moon is directly overhead or on the opposite side of the Earth, its gravitational force causes water to bulge, resulting in high tides. Conversely, areas perpendicular to the Moon experience low tides. The alignment of the Moon, Earth, and Sun further enhances this effect during full and new moons, leading to more pronounced spring tides.
Neap tides result when the moon is?
Neap tides occur when the gravitational forces of the sun and the moon are perpendicular to each other, occurring during the first and third quarter moon phases. This results in lower high tides and higher low tides.
Does the Coriolis effect influence tides?
No, the Coriolis effect does not directly influence tides. Tides are primarily caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on the Earth's oceans. The Coriolis effect does affect ocean currents and winds, but not tides.
Can you Compare and contrast the influences of the sun the moon and earths rotation on the tides?
The tides on Earth are primarily influenced by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun, with the moon having a stronger effect due to its proximity. When the moon is directly overhead or on the opposite side of the Earth, it causes high tides, while areas at right angles experience low tides. The sun also contributes to tides, but its effect is about half that of the moon. Earth's rotation causes the cyclical rise and fall of sea levels, leading to predictable tidal patterns as different areas move in and out of the gravitational influence of both the moon and the sun.
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.
