What type of tide occurs at tidal bulges?

What type of tide occurs at tidal bulges?

• A. Low
• B. Spring
• C. High
• D. Neap

Answer: (C)

Tides come from gravity: the Moon (and the Sun) pulls on Earth’s oceans, creating two bulges—one toward the Moon and one on the opposite side. When your location sits under one of these bulges, the water level is higher than average, which is high tide. Between bulges, the water level lowers, giving low tide. The terms spring and neap describe how extreme those tides can be, depending on Moon-Sun alignment, but the tide that occurs right at the bulges is high tide.

Tides come from gravity: the Moon (and the Sun) pulls on Earth’s oceans, creating two bulges—one toward the Moon and one on the opposite side. When your location sits under one of these bulges, the water level is higher than average, which is high tide. Between bulges, the water level lowers, giving low tide. The terms spring and neap describe how extreme those tides can be, depending on Moon-Sun alignment, but the tide that occurs right at the bulges is high tide.