The Earth is closer to the Sun in January than in July, which accounts for the fact that the highest high tides in the Northern Hemisphere occur in
A) winter.
B) spring.
C) summer.
D) none of the above
Question 2
We do not observe tides in a community swimming pool because
A) gravitation on the small mass of water is negligibly small.
B) it is shallow compared to the ocean.
C) all parts of it are practically the same distance from the Moon.
D) they are masked by the much stronger pull of Earth gravity.
E) the tides are only observed at night.
Landmarks in the evolution of life on Earth
The Sun as it appears from the surface of the Earth at Sunset.
The Sun as it appears from the surface of the Earth at sunrise.
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Solar EM Radiation Penetration into Earth's Atmosphere
Long-wave energy flux is emitted from Earth