Tides Watch it Station

What does the white elliptical line represent?

• The sun's gravitational pull

• The moon's gravitational pull

• The Earth's axis

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The tidal bulges created by the moon's gravitational pull represent what kind of tides?

• spring tides

• neap tides

• daily high tides

• daily low tides

Answer explanation

The moon's strong gravitational force creates the daily high tides. While this might sometimes also be a spring tide, that can only occur when the sun is also in alignment with the moon twice per month.

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The​ (a)   has a stronger gravitational pull because ​ (b)   .

• moon
• it has a closer distance to the Earth
• sun
• Earth
• tide
• it has a greater mass
• it has a farther distance to the Earth
• it has less mass

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What created the neap tide conditions?

• The sun and moon being in line with the Earth.

• A lower than average low tide.

• A higher than average high tide.

• The sun's gravity and moon's gravity working against each other.

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