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- 3. Which one has a
greater gravitational
pull on the Earth’s
tides?
- 4. Why does the moon
have a greater
gravitational pull on
the Earth’s tides?
Because it is closer to
the Earth!
- 5. The moon exerts a
gravitational pull on
the Earth that causes
the oceans to rise and
fall.
- 13. At the same time, low
tides occur between
the two bulges.
- 20. How long does it take
for the Earth to rotate
once on its axis?
- 23. At any given time of
the day, how many
high tides are there?
- 26. This also means that
the low tide is lower
than normal during a
spring tide.
- 28. The gravitational pull of
the sun and moon are
combined together
since the sun, Earth and
moon are in a straight
line.
- 30. This means that the
high tides are not very
high and the low tides
are not very low.
- 32. This means that the
moon’s gravitational
pull is partially
cancelled out by the
sun’s gravitational
pull.