Cause of Tides
Cause of tides
What is the moon and the sun's gravitational pull on Earth and its water?
This has the greatest impact on tides
What is the moon's gravitational pull?
Number of low tides every tide cycle
What is two?
Moon phase that can cause a spring tide
What is a new or full moon?
The moon impacts tides more than the sun because of this
What is the moon's proximity (closeness) to Earth?
Term for the difference between high and low tides each day
What is tidal range?
Type of monthly tide that has a low tidal range
What is a neap tide?
Moon phase that causes the highest high tides on Earth
What is a new moon? (sun & moon are pulling together on the same side of Earth)
Length of daily tide cycle
What is 25 hours?
Moon phase that can cause a neap tide
What is a first and third (last) quarter moon?
Reason why there are always two tides at any given moment on Earth
What is that one high tide faces the moon due to the moon's gravitational pull and one high tide is on the opposite side where water flows behind Earth when it is pulled by the moon (baby in bathtub)?
Approximate time difference between the first high tide and the second high tide on any given day
What is 12.5 hours? (half of the 25 hour time cycle)
Number of times one can expect a spring tide each month
What two spring tides per month? (occasionally three if there is an extra full or new moon)