5. Explain how high tides and low tides are forme
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High tides and low tides are caused by the Moon. The Moon's gravitational pull generates something called the tidal force. The tidal force causes Earth and its water to bulge out on the side closest to the Moon and the side farthest from the Moon. These bulges of water are high tides.
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High tides and low tides are caused by the Moon. The Moon's gravitational pull generates something called the tidal force. The tidal force causes Earth—and its water—to bulge out on the side closest to the Moon and the side farthest from the Moon. These bulges of water are high tides.
As the Earth rotates, your region of Earth passes through both of these bulges each day. When you're in one of the bulges, you experience a high tide. When you're not in one of the bulges, you experience a low tide. This cycle of two high tides and two low tides occurs most days on most of the coastlines of the world.
This animation shows the tidal force in a view of Earth from the North Pole. As regions of Earth pass through the bulges, they can experiences a high tide.
This animation shows the tidal force in a view of Earth from the North Pole. As regions of Earth pass through the bulges, they can experiences a high tide.
More About Tides
Tides are really all about gravity, and when we're talking about the daily tides, it's the Moon's gravity that's causing them.
As Earth rotates, the Moon's gravity pulls on different parts of our planet. Even though the Moon only has about 1/100th the mass of Earth, since it's so close to us, it has enough gravity to move things around. The Moon's gravity even pulls on the land, but not enough for anyone to tell (unless they use special, really precise instruments).
When the Moon's gravity pulls on the water in the oceans, however, someone's bound to notice. Water has a much easier time moving around, and the water wants to bulge in the direction of the Moon. This is called the tidal force.