Write the difference between primary and secondary tides
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Tides
Reveals tidal patterns and that tides are caused by the gravitational attraction of the Sun and Moon to Earth.
Tides
How could a tide be so extreme?
These two photos show high tide (left) and low tide (right) at Bay of Fundy on the Gulf of Maine. The Bay of Fundy has the greatest tidal ranges on Earth at 38.4 feet. Why is this tidal range so extreme? Why aren't all tidal ranges so great? Tidal range depends on many factors, including the slope of the continental margin.
The Tides
Tides are the daily rise and fall of sea level at any given place. The pull of the Moon’s gravity on Earth is the primary cause of tides and the pull of the Sun’s gravity on Earth is the secondary cause (Figure below). The Moon has a greater effect because, although it is much smaller than the Sun, it is much closer. The Moon’s pull is about twice that of the Sun’s.
To understand the tides it is easiest to start with the effect of the Moon on Earth. As the Moon revolves around our planet, its gravity pulls Earth toward it. The lithosphere is unable to move much, but the water is pulled by the gravity and a bulge is created. This bulge is the high tide beneath the Moon. On the other side of the Earth, a high tide is produced where the Moon’s pull is weakest. These two water bulges on opposite sides of the Earth aligned with the Moon are the high tides. The places directly in between the high tides are low tides. As the Earth rotates beneath the Moon, a single spot will experience two high tides and two low tides approximately every day.
Diagram of how the moon causes tides
The gravitational attraction of the Moon to ocean water creates the high and low tides.
The Moon is located above the same spot over the Earth every 24 hours and 50 minutes so high tides occur twice a day, with one arriving each 12 hours and 25 minutes. One is caused by the water bulge beneath the Moon and the other is caused by the water bulge at the opposite side of Earth. Low tides are also separated by 12 hours and 25 minutes. What is the time between a high tide and the next low tide?
The gravity of the Sun also pulls Earth’s water towards it and causes its own tides. Because the Sun is so far away, its pull is smaller than the Moon’s.
Some coastal areas do not follow this pattern at all. These coastal areas may have one high and one low tide per day or a different amount of time between two high tides. These differences are often because of local conditions, such as the shape of the coastline that the tide is entering.
Tidal Range
The tidal range is the difference between the ocean level at high tide and the ocean level at low tide (Figure below). The tidal range in a location depends on a number of factors, including the slope of the seafloor. Water appears to move a greater distance on a gentle slope than on a steep slope.
Diagram of the tidal range
The tidal range is the difference between the ocean level at high tide and low tide.
Monthly Tidal Patterns
If you look at the diagram of high and low tides on a circular Earth above, you’ll see that tides are waves. So when the Sun and Moon are aligned, what do you expect the tides to look like?
Waves are additive, so when the gravitational pull of both bodies is in the same direction, the high tides are higher and the low tides lower than at other times through the month (Figure below). These more extreme tides, with a greater tidal range, are called spring tides. Spring tides don't just occur in the spring; they occur whenever the Moon is in a new-moon or full-moon phase, about every 14 days.
Diagram of a spring tide, when the Moon and Sun are aligned
A spring tide occurs when the gravitational pull of both Moon and the Sun is in the same direction, making high tides higher and low tides lower and creating a large tidal range.
Neap tides are tides that have the smallest tidal range, and they occur when the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun form a 90o angle (Figure below). They occur exactly halfway between the spring tides, when the Moon is at first or last quarter. How do the tides add up to create neap tides? The Moon's high tide occurs in the same place as the Sun's low tide and the Moon's low tide in the same place as the Sun's high tide. At neap tides, the tidal range is relatively small.
Diagram of a neap tide, when the Moon and Sun are opposed
A neap tide occurs when the high tide of the Sun adds to the low tide of the Moon and vice versa, so the tidal range is relatively small.
Studying ocean tides' rhythmic movements helps scientists understand the ocean and the Sun/Moon/Earth system. This QUEST video explains how tides work, and visits the oldest continually operating tidal gauge in the Western Hemisphere.
Summary
The primary cause of tides is the gravitational attraction of the Moon, which causes two high and two low tides a day.
When the Sun's and Moon's tides match, there are spring tides; when they are opposed, there are neap tides.
The difference between the daily high and the daily low is the tidal range.