Moon and Tides Connections

In this activity we had to graph the tides and moon phases over a certain month. People who would need this information would be fishermen, sailors, or even scientist. The phases of the moon are what causes tidal phases to be so extreme. Sea level is the level of the Earth where the see lies. It is higher than Mean Lower Low Water.The tides are aproximately eight hours apart. The morning high tide does occur at the same time it is different by a few minutes each day. It changes due to the position of the moon each day. During springtide the moon is in the full moon phase so its gravity pull is at the fullest. During neap tides the moon is in the new moon phase. The two high tides are not at the same time. For animals and plants the tides fill the estuary and flow out leaving it open for animals.The storm will make the tide effect a lot stronger.It is probably best to go clamming at low tide. That is what I learned from doing this activity.