What are tides? How are they caused? Give any one reason as to why
tides are important to us.
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Tides are caused by gravitational pull of the moon and the sun. The rise and fall of the tides play an important role in the natural world and can have a marked effect on maritime-related activities.
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The gravitational attraction to the moon causes the Earth's oceans to bulge out in the direction of the moon.
Another bulge occurs on the opposite side, since the Earth itself is pulled towards the moon (and away from the water on the far side).
Since the Earth rotates, this happens twice a day. These are tides.
As for the importance of monitoring tides, one reason is that commercial and recreational fishermen use their knowledge of the tides and tidal currents to help them improve their catches.
Monitoring the tides is a very important part of their livelihood