why are there 2 high tides for one orbit of the moon?

Answer 1

u dont wanna no

Answer 2

Please ignore the answer above talking about magnetic attraction - it has nothing to do with it. Why do people just make up things, it will just confuse.

There are two tides because the Earth rotates. The tidal bulge happens on both sides of the planet. If you are experiencing a high tide say at midnight, in 6 hours the Earth has rotated so that now you are in the low tide zone. 6 hours later you have moved into the opposite high tide zone., and so on.

Please note these times are not exact, as during the time the Earth is rotating, the moon is travelling just a tad in its orbit.

Answer 3

way to plaguerize an unrelated and incorrect answer, deano.

the first tide is caused by the gravity of the moon attracting water on the "moon side" of the earth causing it to bulge out. that much of the stollen intellectual property was correct.

HOWEVER, the second tide is NOT caused primarily by the moon pulling earth away from the water, that's stupid. the moon orbits the earth, the do NOT orbit each other like pluto and its "moon" (er, whatever it's called now that pluto isn't a planet). actually, the water on the far side is caused when the gravitational pull of the moon is decreased because of the distance relative to the moon and centrifugal force (ie, inertia of motion) causes a slight bulge in the water.

Answer 4

The orbit of the Moon doesn't make "high tides". The Moon orbits the Earth once a "mooonth" and there are two high tides a day.

Answer 5

The word "tides" is a generic term used to define the alternating rise and fall in sea level with respect to the land, produced by the gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun. To a much smaller extent, tides also occur in large lakes, the atmosphere, and within the solid crust of the earth, acted upon by these same gravitational forces of the moon and sun.
What are Lunar Tides
Tides are created because the Earth and the moon are attracted to each other, just like magnets are attracted to each other. The moon tries to pull at anything on the Earth to bring it closer. But, the Earth is able to hold onto everything except the water. Since the water is always moving, the Earth cannot hold onto it, and the moon is able to pull at it. Each day, there are two high tides and two low tides. The ocean is constantly moving from high tide to low tide, and then back to high tide. There is about 12 hours and 25 minutes between the two high tides.

Tides are the periodic rise and falling of large bodies of water. Winds and currents move the surface water causing waves. The gravitational attraction of the moon causes the oceans to bulge out in the direction of the moon. Another bulge occurs on the opposite side, since the Earth is also being pulled toward the moon (and away from the water on the far side). Ocean levels fluctuate daily as the sun, moon and earth interact. As the moon travels around the earth and as they, together, travel around the sun, the combined gravitational forces cause the world's oceans to rise and fall. Since the earth is rotating while this is happening, two tides occur each day.
What are the different types of Tides
When the sun and moon are aligned, there are exceptionally strong gravitational forces, causing very high and very low tides which are called spring tides, though they have nothing to do with the season. When the sun and moon are not aligned, the gravitational forces cancel each other out, and the tides are not as dramatically high and low. These are called neap tides.
Spring Tides
When the moon is full or new, the gravitational pull of the moon and sun are combined. At these times, the high tides are very high and the low tides are very low. This is known as a spring high tide. Spring tides are especially strong tides (they do not have anything to do with the season Spring). They occur when the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon are in a line. The gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun both contribute to the tides. Spring tides occur during the full moon and the new moon.

Neap Tides
During the moon's quarter phases the sun and moon work at right angles, causing the bulges to cancel each other. The result is a smaller difference between high and low tides and is known as a neap tide. Neap tides are especially weak tides. They occur when the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another (with respect to the Earth). Neap tides occur during quarter moons.

Answer 6

being in a eliptical orbit then when it gets close to the earth the magnetic fields are closer,so, the tides are higher

Answer 7

One for when the moon is at lunar "noon" and one for lunar "midnight"


Also the guy above me....I did check and you are just cutting and pasting the answers. I googled one of your sentences and it was a perfect match to a website. While this is acceptable it is not acceptable on any academic level without a source. Please don't act smart when all you are doing is googling the question and then cutting and pasting what someone else has written.