Question

The diagram below shows the positions of Earth, Sun, and moon during two types of tides.

Both represent tides during which (2 points)


a. the difference between the high and low tide is the greatest
b. the difference between the high and low tide is almost equal to the high tide
c. the gravitational forces due to the sun and the moon cancel each other's effect
d. the gravitational forces due to the sun and the moon amplify each other's effect

Answer 1

Answer:

c. the gravitational forces due to the sun and the moon cancel each other's effect

Explanation:

The two diagrams represent Neap tides. Neap tides occur when the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are aligned at right angles. Moderate tides are formed because the bulge due to gravitational pull of the Sun cancels the bulge due to moon. The difference between the high tides and the low tides is the smallest.

Answer 2

The tides are the fall and the rise of the sea waves due to the gravitational pull and forces exerted by the Sun and the moon. The two types of tides are spring and neap tides.

Both convey tides during the gravitational pulls because the Sun and the Moon cancel each other's effect.

What is the tide?

The diagram shows the Neap tides, in which the Moon, Sun and the planet is aligned at a 90-degree angle. They are weak tides and are called low tides.

This type of tide takes place in between the 2 spring tides and happens when the moon is at the first and the last quarter. The gravitational forces exerted by the sun and the moon gets cancelled and results in the formation of moderate tides.

Therefore, option C is correct.

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