How are the new and full moon phases related to the tides?

Answer 1

The ocean tides are the result of the gravitational attraction toward the moon and the sun. The moon's influence is a little greater than the sun's influence, because the moon is so much closer to the earth. Anything on the side of the earth pointing toward the moon feels a force of attraction toward the moon. Since water flows so easily, it tries to flow toward the moon, and it piles up in that direction. Dry land is a lot stiffer than water, but a "land tide" also exists ... the land actually rises a few inches in the direction of the moon.

Answer 2

During a new or full moon, the gravitational pull of the sun and moon align, causing higher high tides (spring tides) and lower low tides. This occurs because the combined gravitational forces create a stronger tidal force on Earth's oceans.

Answer 3

There is a high tide during full moon and new moon because that is when the sun, earth, and moon are aligned and it is easy for a high tide to form. There is a low tide during first quarter and third quarter moon because now the moon, earth, and sun are forming a 90 degree angle which makes it harder for a high tide to form, therefore a low one forms.

Answer 4

Earth is where the tides are. The sun provides an anchor for the earth and the moon pulls on the water on the side facing and away from the moon are bulged outward and the sides that are in between are low and smaller thus creating the high and low tides

Answer 5

The gravity of the moon pulls water towards it. Remember that the Earth is revolving once a day and the moon orbits the earth every 27 and a bit days. (that's why the high tide times change a little every day.) So you get a bulge of water in the oceans facing the moon and you get another bulge on the side facing away from the moon because of a harmonic effect. (Think of stretching a rubber band. If you let go with one hand, but are still holding with the other, the rubber band flicks as far the other way as it can)

The sun's gravity also has a small effect, so when the sun and moon are in alignment you get very high tides (spring tides) because they are pulling in the same direction. When the sun and moon are on opposite sides of the earth you get small tides (neap tides).

Answer 6

They may be at any angle. But if Earth, Moon and Sun are aligned (the Moon is on the same side as the Sun, or opposite to it - i.e., new moon, or full moon), the tides are stronger than when they are at right angles.

Answer 7

Large asteroid hits Earth a couple billion years ago. The impact makes a large chunk break off. Over time gravity pulls EArth back into a round shape. The big chunk that broke off pulls itself into a ball. Since it was still travelling along the same solar orbit as Earth it eventually got pulled into an orbit with Earth. Or something along those lines according to some people. Others believe that they formed completely seperately just from the same matter is the same area of the forming solar system. I believe the first on though.

Answer 8

There is a relation between the Earth and our Moon. The moons gravitational pull makes the bodies of water that are facing the moon at that time on Earth pull out towards the moon. Therefore the Earth looks as though it's oval shaped because of the moon causing it to look distorted.

Answer 9

Both the Sun and the Moon exert enough gravitational force on the Earth to produce tides. The tides are therefore largest when they are lined up, and smallest when they're "working against each other". Because of how tides work, it turns out that this is not when they're on opposite sides of the Earth, but rather when they're at 90 degrees to each other.

So: the largest tides ("spring tides") are when the Moon is either in the full or new moon phases, and the smallest ones ("neap tides") happen when it's at first or last quarter.

Answer 10

The moons creates the ocean tides. The moon's gravity pulls the ocean water into a bulge 'below' the moon on the earth. Because the moon also pulls the earth slightly in the same direction, and the water on the opposite side of the earth has enough inertia it doesn't move as much and creates another bulge opposite from the first. The bulges are the tides.