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............Tides.................?

Can you describe how the motion and relative positions of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun affect tides? • What causes a Spring Tide? • When does a Spring Tide happen? • What causes a Neap Tide? • When does a Neap Tide happen? • When the Sun and Moon line up their gravitational pull causes what type of tide? • Why do high and low tides happen 1 hour earlier each day?

Public Comments

1. Those answers are clearly in your text book. Wikipedia if nothing else!