How does the moon effect the tides?

Question

How does the moon effect the tides?

Answer 1

the moons gravity pushes and pulls the water makeing the tides bigger or smaller the changes are the greatest at the solstices.

Answer 2

Tidal forces are a result of the difference in gravity at different points from the source, because gravity gets weaker the farther away you get from it.  As a result, the oceans closest to the moon are pulled toward the moon slightly more than on the other side.  The earth's motion also plays a role.  The earth does orbit the moon, albeit to a far lessor degree than the moon orbits earth (actually both orbit the center of gravity).  So the side of the earth facing away from the moon orbits slightly faster than the side towards it, forcing those oceans slightly outward.  So centripetal force also adds to the effect of the tides.

The sides of the earth that are between the far and near side (to the moon) are also slightly sqeezed together as a result of the angular difference to the moon's source of gravity.

Answer 3

It's all about two words.  "Gravitational pull."  The moon is pulling away from the earth ever so slightly, so the tides will eventually change a little bit.

Answer 4

The gravitational pull makes the water flow toward the side of the planet that the moon is on...