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Which celestial body has the greatest influence on tides?
What is the approximate wavelength of a tide?
What causes the phases of the Moon?
Which celestial body causes the high tide on Earth?
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What is the term used to describe the configuration of the Earth, Moon, and Sun in a straight line?
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How often do spring tides occur?
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Which celestial body exerts a gravitational influence on the Earth's oceans?
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Which direction do the oceans tend to flow in response to the gravitational force from the Moon?
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What causes the Earth's rotation to slow down over time?
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Which celestial body has a significant gravitational effect on the Earth's surface?
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How long does it take for the Moon to complete one orbit around the Earth?
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What is the position of the Moon during a full moon?
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Why is there a high tide on the opposite side of the Earth from the moon?
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What is the difference between neap tides and spring tides?
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Why does the moon cause larger tides than the sun, even though the sun is more massive?
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The gravitational force across the planet due to tides goes as one over the radius to the ______ power.
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What is the critical distinction between the gravitational force itself and the gradient in gravitational force across the planet due to tides?
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What is the mass ratio between the Sun and the Moon?
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What is the radius ratio to the third power between the Earth and the Moon?
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What causes tides on the Earth's surface?
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