Question

What is the name of the tide when the sun, moon, and earth are all aligned, causing the greatest pull for highest and lowest tides?
Question 10 options:

Low tide


Spring tide


High tide


Neap tide

Answer 1

Answer:

Whenever the earth, moon and sun are aligned, the gravitational pull of the moon is augmented by the gravitational pull of the sun, causing larger than average tidal ranges — meaning especially high high tides and very low low tides. These extreme tides are called “spring tides.”

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Answer 2

The answer to your question is Spring tides