Question

compare and contrast neap tides and spring tides discuss when they occur as well as the alignment of the earth moon sun system

Answer 1

Spring tides is when the daily tidal range is greatest and neap tides are when the daily tidal range is the smallest. As for alignment, spring tides occur when the earth, moon, and sun are directly in alignment with each other. Neap tides occur when the earth is in alignment with the sun, but the moon is at a 90 degree angle from that

Answer 2

Answer:

The spring tides occur seven days after the spring tide and the spring tides occur twice in the lunar year.

Explanation:

A spring tide is a tide in which there is a greatest difference between a high and low tide is the greatest. A spring tide occurs when the earth, the moon, and the sun are in the straight line. A neap tide, on the other hand, occurs when the sun, moon, and earth make a three triangle kind of a triangle. It occurs when there is a least between the highest and lowest tide.

Neap tides occur twice a month when the sun and moon are at right angles to the earth.  Spring tide, on the other hand, occur at new moon or full moon