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Why do tides occur?

What is it about the moon's gravitational pull that causes tides?

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Related textbook solutions

Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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Out of the following which factor is responsible for the formation of tides in the ocean?

(a)  Due to the rotation of the earth.

(b)  Due to the gravitational force of the earth.

(c)   Due to the gravitational pull of the moon.

(d)   Due to the difference in the gravity pull of the moon across the earth.

 

The Earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle; it is, in fact, elliptical. In January, the Earth is 147 million kiometers from the Sun. In July, the Earth is 152 kilometers from the Sun. If the tide-generating force from the Sun is F(sun)=1/r^2, how do you think the amplitude of the spring tides in winter would compare with those of the spring tides in the summer (assuming northern hemisphere seasonality)?

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