Island partly submerged (lower high tide) Island submerged (higher high tide) North Pole Moon land egposed (low tide) Earth turns eastward Equator South Pole Figure 11.10 How the changing position of the moon relative to the Earth's equator produces higher and lower high tides. Sometimes the moon is below the equator; sometimes it is above.

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Why are there high high tides and low high tides—that is, why are high tides sometimes very high, and not so high at other times?

Island partly
submerged
(lower high
tide)
Island submerged
(higher high tide)
North
Pole
Moon
land
egposed
(low tide)
Earth turns eastward
Equator
South
Pole
Figure 11.10 How the changing position of the moon relative to the
Earth's equator produces higher and lower high tides. Sometimes the
moon is below the equator; sometimes it is above.
Transcribed Image Text:Island partly submerged (lower high tide) Island submerged (higher high tide) North Pole Moon land egposed (low tide) Earth turns eastward Equator South Pole Figure 11.10 How the changing position of the moon relative to the Earth's equator produces higher and lower high tides. Sometimes the moon is below the equator; sometimes it is above.
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