Tides

• the force of gravity between the moon and the earth causes causes a small wobble in the earth’s orbit around the sun that causes tides in the ocean
• Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of a gravitational force exerted by the moon and the sun
• Whichever area on the Earth is closest to the Moon is most affected by its gravitational pull
• ●Water is therefore pulled away from areas that are further away from the Moon, causing a low tide.
• Water pulls away from the moon causing tide and when the water pulls towards the moon it also causes a tide
• because the moon is orbiting the earth and the earth is orbiting the sun therefore there is a difference in the times of the tides.
• ●Because Earth spins, the water in the oceans tends to be pulled out towards space which essentially is a tidal force

  ●Because the Earth spins faster at the equator than at the poles, you get a bulge around the equator.
• ●The sun also affects the tides

  Because it is further from the earth than the moon to the planet the moon's gravitational pull affects the tides more.