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1 A Rising tide lifts all boats
Tides

2 TIDES- are motions of the oceans caused by gravitational attraction between the earth & moon.
What about the sun ?

3 HIGH TIDE- is the area of the bulge
LOW TIDE- area between the bulges

4 Due to the motion of the moon and earth system, tides generally occur about 1 hour later each day.

5 TIDAL RANGE- difference between high tide and low tide video video 2

6 SPRING TIDE- when sun, moon, and earth align, high tides are at their highest and low tides are at their lowest, large tidal range (full moon and new moon)

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8 NEAP TIDE- minimum tides; when the sun, moon, and earth form a right angle. The gravitational forces are working against each other. High tides are lower and low tides are higher, low tidal range (1st and 3rd quarters)

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