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Author Question: How does the rotation of the earth give coastlines a high tide and a low tide? What will be an ... (Read 97 times)

go.lag

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on: Jul 15, 2018
How does the rotation of the earth give coastlines a high tide and a low tide?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Identify the three missing terms from the diagram of the coastal area in this image.
 
  A) Dunes
  B) Foreshore
  C) Coast
 
  1) A
  2) B
  3) C


macybarnes

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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: The gravitational attraction of the moon pulls out a bulge of water from the surface. As the earth rotates, it passes beneath the bulge to create high tide and passes away from the bulge to create low tide.

Answer to Question 2

Answers: 1) A 2) C 3) B


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