2007-07-16 09:10:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The moon's gravitational field "pulls" the mass of water in the oceans with it as the earth rotates. When the moon is near the shore, the tide is high because it is pulled toward the moon. When the moon is near the middle of the ocean, the tide is low, and the water is deeper in the middle of the ocean.
I know that sounds weird, but that is actually what happens. You can find pictures and diagrams by doing an internet search on "tides."
Which is what you and all the people that gave incorrect answers to this should have done first!!!
2007-07-16 09:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by aviophage 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Somewhere else in the same lake or ocean.
Think of a water balloon. When you push on the front a little bit the water moves to sides (tide going out!), if you push on the sides the water goes to the front and back (tide coming in).
The forces that cause this on earth is the gravitational pull of the moon. (would be exactly the opposite of example pulling forces not pushing!)
2007-07-16 16:13:35 · answer #2 · answered by JimBob 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the tides go out and in due to the pull of the moon. on the side closest to the moon, the tide is high because of the moon's pull, and on the farthest side, the tide is high because the moons pull is weak. at 90 degree angles from the center f the earth and these points however, the moon does not reduce, or pull stronger, and it wouldnt matter because it is pulling the water to the side anyways. now... where does the water go? all the water from the two points of low tide goes to the regions with the hide tide, by simple flowing. the water doesnt really "go" anywhere, it just flows from one place to another because of the moon's gravity (and difference in temperature and salinity but that is beyond the scope of this discussion)
2007-07-16 16:16:04 · answer #3 · answered by Fundamenta- list Militant Atheist 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It just backs up the shoreline, the water only travels as far as the tide, not all the way across the ocean.
2007-07-16 16:18:55 · answer #4 · answered by btceng64 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Somewhere where the tide is coming in.
2007-07-16 16:13:26 · answer #5 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I bet it is high tide somewhere else the times we notice low tide. low here high there, high here low there, get it?
2007-07-16 16:23:24 · answer #6 · answered by adamtxstud 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I dont actually have an answer but thats a great question
2007-07-16 16:12:47 · answer #7 · answered by DZOGGY 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
up in the sky where the clouds are.
2007-07-16 16:14:08 · answer #8 · answered by Zero 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋