Question
Use what you learned about tides to complete the sentences.
The pull of gravity of ___ causes Earth’s crust and oceans to bulge. This creates high and low tides. _____ tides occur when the Sun, the moon, and Earth are nearly aligned. _____ tides happen when the Sun and the moon are at right angles to each other. Each of these special tides happens ______ in a lunar cycle.
The pull of gravity of ___ causes Earth’s crust and oceans to bulge. This creates high and low tides. _____ tides occur when the Sun, the moon, and Earth are nearly aligned. _____ tides happen when the Sun and the moon are at right angles to each other. Each of these special tides happens ______ in a lunar cycle.
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GPT-4o mini
The pull of gravity of **the moon** causes Earth’s crust and oceans to bulge. This creates high and low tides. **Spring** tides occur when the Sun, the moon, and Earth are nearly aligned. **Neap** tides happen when the Sun and the moon are at right angles to each other. Each of these special tides happens **twice** in a lunar cycle.