2007-05-04 08:09:41 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The tide basically follows the moon & sun. There's a tidal bulge, caused by the moon, that is actually a little *ahead* of the moon, due to Earth's rotation. In some places this bulge can vary by up to 45 feet, depending on whether the sun & moon are in conjunction with each other, and if the Earth and/or moon are at closest approach to each other and the sun.
2007-05-04 08:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually it doesn't go anywhere. You should know the moon has a gravitational pull on the earth. In the open ocean the effect when the Moon is overhead is a huge bulge of water pulled toward the Moon. This causes a tide that recedes from the shore. As the Moon moves to a position over a shore, so does this bulge of water, causing a high tide.
2007-05-04 08:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by lahomaokie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The water does not necessarily 'go' anywhere, it is just distributed differently. At low tide, the gravitational pull of the moon on the earth makes it look like the water is moving away from the shore. The water just becomes 'deeper' at another point of the ocean further out to sea
2007-05-04 08:17:12 · answer #3 · answered by thumberlina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the moon passes, it pulls the water up into a hump so the tide is out on both sides of the sea or ocean.
2007-05-04 08:16:58 · answer #4 · answered by tucksie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tide is nothing more than the tugging, (gravitationally) of the Son and the moon on the oceans. The water justs oscillates back and forth depending on the positions of the Sun and moon relative to the Earth.
2007-05-04 08:56:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes to another part of the world where the tide is going in.
2007-05-04 12:35:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The middle of the sea. The moon passes over twice a day and that's why we have two tides. It pulls the water towards it because of its gravity.
2007-05-04 08:17:48 · answer #7 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It evaporates - this happens during the day when the sun heats the air allowing it to accept more water moisture. During the night when the temperature reaches the dewpoint the water vapour re-condeses back into the ocean again. Note: fish don't evaporate when the ocean does or they'd be dead. The sea can't die so it evaporates.
2007-05-05 00:40:39 · answer #8 · answered by agentscully 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the tide goes out here it comes in somewhere else, like a rocking motion
2007-05-04 08:16:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to the other side of the sea allowing the tide there to 'come in' then it goes out there and 'comes in' again where it 'went out'.
2007-05-04 08:18:19 · answer #10 · answered by Smoochy Poochy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋