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Tides
Question | Answer |
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spring tide | When the Sun and Moon are aligned and pull at the oceans together, they produce this tide with a wide tidal range. |
neap tide | very weak tides because the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another |
tide | the rise and fall of the sea level caused by the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon |
moon phases of a spring tide | full moon and new moon |
moon phases of a neap tide | first and third quarter |