Question

Please help <3
Which of these diagrams best represents the position of the moon when the location P experiences the highest tide?

Answer 1

I think that it is either the 3rd or 4th diagram picture.

if I helped can you please give me a MEDAL! thanks! :)

Answer 2

If you want a second perspective I can mention someone and have them check also!?!?

Answer 3

would you like a second perspective?

Answer 4

Yes! You still saved my life though! I was thinking the same bc process of elemination, but idk

Answer 5

@thomaster can you help with this question?

Thanks!

Answer 6

@whpalmer4 @thomaster @beccaboo333 @ganeshie8 can you guys see if you can help with this question?

Answer 7

thanks for the mentions!

Answer 8

@cowgirlcrazy66

Answer 9

NO Problem! if no one helps I say go with diagram 3 just because it is at the highest point out of all of them!

Answer 10

Okay(:!

Answer 11

It just makes more sense! Am I right!?!?!?! LOL :)!

Answer 12

He couldn't help!

Answer 13

:(

Answer 14

it's okay, lol we got this

Answer 15

HAHA! I GUESS SO!

Answer 16

I still say Diagram #3 what about you?

Answer 17

You were right!!!!!!!!!

Answer 18

REALLY?!?!? YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I THINK WE MAKE A GOOD TEAM! :p :) :p :)! AHHHHHHHH I WAS RIGHT!

Answer 19

Yes, the third diagram is correct — gravitational attraction varies inversely with the square of the distance between the two bodies, so the strongest pull on the water (causing the tides) is when the Moon is closest to the point where you are looking at the tide. As the Earth rotates on its axis once a day, the Moon causes a bulge of water "underneath" it to move around the Earth. There's also a somewhat more complicated effect that makes a bulge of water on the other side of the Earth, so you generally get two tide cycles each day, not just the one you would expect as the Moon passes overhead. Also, the Moon's orbit does not keep it at a constant distance from the Earth, so the times of the month when the Moon is closer have higher tides than the times of the month where the Moon is farther away.

Answer 20

THANKS @whpalmer4!