Tides

Tides: Information

• Gravity- is the force that pulls everything together. It keeps us on earth and the all the planets in orbit. 
• Tides: are the rise and the fall of the oceans water that occurs every 12.5 hours. 
• As the oceans bulge the tides rise.
• Tides can be used as alternative energy.
• Moon has a bigger impact on the earth because it is closer. 

• These are caused mainly by the difference in how much the moons gravity pulls on different parts of Earth. 
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• This is the force of gravity pulls the earth and the moon towards each other. 
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• The moons gravity causes high tides on the side closest to the moon
• Low tides occur between the two high tides 

• The force of the moons gravity pulls Earth towards the moon, leaving the water behind. 

Spring Tides 

• The sun's gravity also pulls on the Earth
• The combined forces of the sun and the moons produce a tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low/high tides = SPRING TIDE

Neap Tides:

• 1/4 and 3/4 of the moons phases line up between earth and the sun, this is at right angles. The different arrangement produced a neap tide.
• This occurs 2 times a month. Not as strong as a spring tide.