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Ocean Tides
Affected by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun, sea levels rise and fall on a daily basis. Ask questions here about high tide, low tide, spring tide and neap tide.
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A boater would use a tide table for what?
Tide tables tell boaters whether there will be enough water to navigate in. They tell you when high tide is or Low tide. If your boat requires three feet of water to operate and at low tide there is only two feet the boater has to wait until the tide comes in.
Do other planets have any effect on tides?
Technically yes, but it is too small to measure with any accuracy, though it can be calculated.
Is a incoming tide a spring ebb flood or neap tide?
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.
Does Hawaii experience High and Low Tides?
Yes, these are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean and have tides.
There are approximately 4 tides per day...two high, and two low. Actually, there are 4 tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes, so high tides occur every 12 hours and 25 minutes. Low tides occur in the alternate 12 hours and 25 minutes. If you have a high tide at noon, you could expect the next low tide 6 hours and 12.5 minutes later.
2 kinds of tides of low and high?
spring tides and neap tides,
This alignment occurs approximately twice a month (around the Full_moonand New_moon). These recurring, extreme tides are termed Spring_tide.
The opposite, most moderate tides are termed Neap_tide(occurring around the first and last Quarter_moon).
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Fig. 1: Types of tides
Tide changes proceed via the following stages:
- Sea level rises over several hours, covering the intertidal zone; flood tide.
- The water rises to its highest level, reaching high tide.
- Sea level falls over several hours, revealing the intertidal zone; ebb tide.
- The water stops falling, reaching low tide.
What happens to a bear when high tide comes in?
They eat all of the food they can get. They also hide
Is it true that high tides occur later in the west?
Yes. As the earth rotates from east to west, the pull of the gravity of the moon (which causes tides), moves across the earth from east to west.
When the tides are especially weak the tides are called?
During spring tides, the sea comes in far up the beach, and goes out a long way.
During neap tides, the sea doesn't come in as high up the beach, or goes out as far.
What best describes the change in salinity in an estuary at low tide?
Salinity falls as the out flowing tide brings in more fresh river water.
What is the difference between the high and low numbers?
A high number is a bigger number than a low number. So as you're counting, the number is getting higher the more things that you count.
The tidal period (length of time between successive high or low tides) is about 12 hours and 25.2 minutes, exactly half a tidal lunar day. Thus the period between the high tide and the low tide is 6 hours and 12.6 minutes.
This means that if it was high tide at noon, the low tide will be at 12.6 minutes past 6 in the evening of the same day.
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What is the number 1260000000000000000000?
The number 1260000000000000000000 is read as "one quintillion, two hundred sixty quadrillion" in the short scale numerical system.
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Spring tides occur when the sun moon and earth?
Spring tides (which are a little higher than average) occur when the Sun, Moon and Earth are pretty much lined up; at the new moon and the full moon.
Lower-than-average "neap" tides happen at the 1st and 3rd quarter moon phases.
What is the time for high tide at foxton beach?
Todays foxton beach tide
8.30 am low tide
10.15 am high tide
1:00 pm low tide
4:00 pm high tide
7:00 pm low tide
What is the difference between high latency and low latency?
High latency refers to delays in data transmission, where there is a longer delay between the sender and receiver. This can result in slower response times and lag in real-time applications. Low latency, on the other hand, means that data is transmitted quickly with minimal delay, leading to faster response times and better performance in real-time applications.
If Earth's tides decrease what would be the most likely explanation?
A shift in the orbit of the moon.
