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Lester is conducting a research project on tides and is checking the high and low tide timetable. Which of the following BEST describes what causes this movement of water?(1 point)

wind from coastal areas

gravitational pull of the Moon

evaporation of warm water

seismic activity like earthquakes

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Gravitational pull of the Moon.

The Moon’s gravity (together with the Sun’s) pulls on Earth’s oceans, creating bulges of water (high tides) and intervening low tides as the Earth rotates.