Moon tides

What are lunar tides?

• tides are created because the earth and the moon are attracted to each other.
• the moon pulls at anything on earth to bring it closer.
• the earths holds onto everything (gravity) except water, because the water is always moving. 
• 2 high tides and two low tides each day - 12 hours 25 minutes approximately between the two high tides 

Different tides 

• strong gravitational force when the sun and moon are aligned and very low. 
• causes very high tides which is called a spring tide. 
• when gravitational force is cancelled out because the sun and moon aren't aligned it causes tides that aren't so high or low, these are called neap tides. 

Neap tides

• moons are quarter phases and the sun and moon work at right angles causing the bulges to cancel each other out. 
• smaller high and low tides 
• neap tides occur during quarter moon phases