Teach Earth Science - Tides (Lesson Plan)
Tides are an excellent example of how the Earth is an interdependent system where one part of the system affects others. Tides on Earth are the result of gravitational interactions with the Moon and Sun. More information about the Earth-Moon...
Sci-Jinks - What Causes Tides?
High and low tides are caused by the moon. The moon's gravitational pull generates something called the tidal force. The tidal force causes Earth—and its water—to bulge out on the side closest to the moon and the side farthest from the moon. These bulges of water are high tides...
Astronomy Know How - Moon & Tides
Most people grow up thinking that the tides are caused by the moon, and indeed that gravitational 'pull' of the moon is a major factor, as is the gravitational effect of the sun but there is another major factor, which is less often mentioned, and that is the force created by the rotation of the earth itself...
Beltoforion - Tides Explained w/ Math
Specifically on Earth the term tide is also used to describe the rise and fall of sea levels caused mainly by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by Moon and Sun. This is a bit misleading since focusing on the sea level is ignoring the fact that tides also affect the soild earth crust. Moreover the observable rise and fall of the sea level is influenced strongly by shoreline topography, ocean currents and the distribution of the continents of earth...