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.”

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

spring tide

Explanation:

When the sun, moon, and Earth are in alignment (at the time of the new or full moon), the solar tide has an additive effect on the lunar tide, creating extra-high high tides, and very low, low tides — both commonly called spring tide