Compare neap and spring tides. Give two comparisons in your answer.

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anonymous · Answer

Spring tides occur approximately twice a month, when the earth and moon and sun are about co-linear. That is about at full moon and about at new moon.
Neap tides occur at half moons, when the moon is off to the side of the line between earth and sun.

anonymous · Answer

Here: http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/

anonymous · Answer

Spring tides can be much higher than avergae tides
Here (Gloucester, MA) a mean high tide is around 9 feet. mean low is about zero. Spring high is often 12 feet and we have spring lows around -1 feet. Neap ides are around +8 and +1