Question

What would happen to Earth’s tides if the distance between Earth and the Moon increased?
Tides would become stronger.
Tides would become weaker.
Tides would be the same.
There would be no tides.
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Answer 1

The tides would become weaker, but we would not lose them completey because we would still have the tides caused by the Sun.

Answer 2

Answer:

Tides would become weaker.

Explanation:

The tides are caused due to the force of gravity exerted by the moon on the earth which causes the water to bulge out towards the direction of the moon.

Since the gravitational force decreases with an increase in the distance between the two objects, increasing the distance between the moon and earth would lead to a decrease in the force of gravity and hence the tides would become weaker.