How does the moon's gravity cause tidal waves.?

Question

the moon's gravity causes tidal waves

Answer 1

The moon's gravity causes tides, which is not quite the same thing. A "tidal wave," or tsunami, is caused by an earthquake.
Because distance is an central factor in gravity, the part of the global ocean that is closest to the moon at any given moment will bulge outward ever so slightly toward the moon. On the opposite side of the earth, the water farthest away from the moon will bulge in the opposite direction, being less influenced by that same gravity. Those two regions will then experience high tide. Halfway between them will be the two areas of low tide.
As the earth rotates, each part of the surface eventually passes through each of these gravitational regions, thus experiencing two high tides and two low tides each day.
The sun has some influence on tides as well, but its distance from the earth lessens its impact. However, when the sun, moon and earth are in alignment, the combined forces result in unusually high and low tidal patterns.

Answer 2

Moon is Responsible for forming Tidal Waves on Earth.
1. Moon is about 384,400 km distance away from here on Earth.
2. The Gravitational pull of Earth on Moon is right enough to keep the Moon is Orbit.
3. The Gravitational pull of Moon is 1.622 m/s² and can effect on Earth.
4. When the side or area on any part of Earth can have opposite to Moon.
5. When the Arabian Sea is straight opposite to Moon then, the water will form tide.
6. And the remaining three sides will definitely have low tide.
7. The Area on Which the tide is caused due to Moon Gravity is called Tidal Force or Tidal Wave.

Answer 3

Cause Of Tidal Waves

Answer 4

The tides are caused by the non-uniform gravitational fields due to the sun and the moon, which are squishing and squashing across the oceans of Earth. First, get your facts right: A 1 Newton rock (an 0.62 kg rock) when weighed on the lunar surface will weigh 6 Newtons when it is brought back to Earth (6 to 1, not ten:one). Also, you have to remember that there is the inverse square law. The moon will not still be pulling on this rock with a force of 1 Newton once returned to Earth. This rock will actually experience 204.2 microNewtons from the moon of TRUE GRAVITY. Although any scale in an Earth reference frame will measure 678 nanoNewtons due to the moon compared to 6 Newtons due to Earth. So, in the local seabed reference frame, every kilogram of water in the ocean experiences 1.1 microNewtons of weight change due to the moon's position. 1.1 microNewtons less than standard weight when the moon is overhead, and 1.1 microNewtons more than standard weight when the moon is on the opposite side of Earth. BUT, across an entire ocean, these weight variation cycles add up, and produce the tides of which we are familiar.

Answer 5

It doesn't.. It causes the tides by pulling on the ocean. as the moon orbits the earth it pulls the water around in different directions. A tidal wave is something else.

Answer 6

the moon causes tides. movement in the earth's crust causes tidal waves.