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Which of the following physical processes is most frequently responsible for changes in oceanic tides?
The gravitational pull of the moon is the primary physical process responsible for changes in oceanic tides. The moon's gravity causes the water on Earth to bulge out towards the moon, creating high tides. As the Earth rotates, areas not facing the moon experience low tides.
Are ocean tides inexhaustible?
Yes, ocean tides are considered a renewable energy source because they are driven by gravitational forces from the moon and sun. As long as these celestial bodies continue to exert their influence on Earth, tides will continue to occur.
Tides occur because?
Tides occur due to the gravitational pull of the moon. The surface of the earth nearest the moon is pulled by the moon, causing a bulge in the water. The side opposite the moon is also affected as the earth is attracted to the moon, so there is a bulge here as well. As the earth rotates under the moon, this bulge in the water appears to follow around, causing the tide to come in and out twice a day, at any given place. Some areas are not affected as much as others, due to the water being restricted by land masses. The Mediterranean sea has very small tides as a result.
Tides of a great range?
The largest tides occur the alignment of the Sun, Earth and Moon system coincide at their perigee and perihelion. Thus all the gravitational masses pull in one direction and cause very high tides. Rarely, Mars may add to the picture.These tides will be the highest recorded and the lowest recorded, hence the range is greatest. Often called King Tides.
What if the tilt of the Earth's axis was closer to the sun?
Tides would become stronger.
Which of the following physical processes is most frequently responsible for changes in oceanic tides?
The gravitational pull of the moon is the primary physical process responsible for changes in oceanic tides. The moon's gravity causes the water on Earth to bulge out towards the moon, creating high tides. As the Earth rotates, areas not facing the moon experience low tides.
If there were oceans on the moon would they have tides?
No. The Moon doesn't rotate with respect to Earth; the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. So even if there were oceans with liquid water, there wouldn't be rising and falling tides as we have here.
Are ocean tides inexhaustible?
Yes, ocean tides are considered a renewable energy source because they are driven by gravitational forces from the moon and sun. As long as these celestial bodies continue to exert their influence on Earth, tides will continue to occur.
What is caused by the pulling of the moon's gravity?
The pulling of the moon's gravity causes ocean tides on Earth through gravitational force, creating a bulge in the water on the side closest to the moon and on the opposite side away from it. This gravitational interaction also leads to slight changes in the Earth's shape, causing it to deform slightly towards and away from the moon.
What are some things that are the same between the Earth and Moon?
Both the Earth and the Moon have gravitational pull, causing tides on Earth. They both also have a solid surface and experience seismic activities like earthquakes and moonquakes. Additionally, they both have natural satellites orbiting them.
How do the moon and sun affect earth?
The Earth revolves around the sun which causes the seasons. The Earth rotates on it's axis which causes day and night. The moon's gravity stabilizes the Earth's tilt on its axis at approximately 23 degrees, without the moon, the earth would wobble causing major disasters. The moon's gravity also affects our tides.
What happens when the moon travels around the earth?
Some things that happen:* You see the Moon in different phases, as the angle Sun-Earth-Moon changes. * The tides, caused by the Moon and the Sun, become strongest when Sun, Earth and Moon are in a straight line, and weakest when they are at right angles.
Why is the moon responsible for the Earth's tides?
The moon's gravitational pull on Earth's oceans causes the tides. The moon's gravity attracts the water, creating a bulge that causes high tides. As the Earth rotates, different parts of the planet experience high and low tides due to the moon's position.
Earth's one moon is held in orbit by?
gravity. gravity is pretty much responsible for everything. but don't go thinking that the moon should just crash on into the earth, the earth's rotation is very important here. The moon is actually moving farther away from the earth, scientists predict that in about 10,000 years the moon will be so far away that there will no longer be significant ocean tides (unless we make our own!)
What are the main effects of the moon?
The main effect of the moon is to create tides here on earth. Because of this, the moon also causes the earth to slow in it's rotation by about one second every 100,000 years.
What is the role of gravity in earth?
Gravity keeps things together here on Earth. It keeps the Earth together in the first place, and it keeps us on Earth. It keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun, and it keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth.
Tides occur because?
Tides occur due to the gravitational pull of the moon. The surface of the earth nearest the moon is pulled by the moon, causing a bulge in the water. The side opposite the moon is also affected as the earth is attracted to the moon, so there is a bulge here as well. As the earth rotates under the moon, this bulge in the water appears to follow around, causing the tide to come in and out twice a day, at any given place. Some areas are not affected as much as others, due to the water being restricted by land masses. The Mediterranean sea has very small tides as a result.
