MoonTidesICS16RUE

> Using the positions of the moon relative to a location on earth, explain why the tides alternate from low to high during a 24 hour period and why there are usually 2 high tides alternating with low tides each day.
 * 1) View the top diagram above. Compare the relative positions of the earth, moon and sun to explain the differences between new moon, half moon and full moon phases.
 * 2) The Sun causes the Moon to change phases because of it's rotation and position between Earth and the Sun. In the new moon phase, the Sun faces one side of the moon but we can only see the dark side facing us because of the rotation. In the half moon phases, the Sun still faces one side of the moon but we can only partly see the light side of the moon because it is slowly rotating. In the full moon phase, the light side of the Moon is completely facing the Earth and it appears to be completely lit and it has completely rotated so we can see the light side.
 * 3) View the example of the tide chart for the Gandy Bridge for a day. 2015 Tide Chart for Gandy Bridge
 * 1) There are high tides and low tides because the moon and Sun are pulling on the Earth and gravity is causing water to be pulled in the direction of the moon and Sun so depending on where they are, certain parts of the Earth will have high tide while other parts will have low tide. This changes during the day because of the rotation and orbit of the Earth to the Sun and the orbit of the moon.
 * 2) Use the data from Gandy Bridge TidesTampa Bay Tides to create a spreadsheet in Open Office with the coefficient of the tides for the days in the month of October, 2015. Then create a line graph of the data. Indicate that the first row and first columns are labels. Be sure to label the X and Y axis, and to provide a title. Be sure to include units. (Note: On the Tide Tables there are tidal coefficients which tell us the amplitude of the tide forecast (difference in height between the consecutive high tides and low tides in any given area). The highest possible tidal coefficient is 118, corresponding to the greatest high or low tide there can be, excluding meteorological effects. Tidal coefficients are calculated from the following parameters or from the sun and the moon: straight ascension, declination, parallax and the distance between the Earth and the celestial body.)
 * 3) Save the Tide Height spreadsheet as 8 last name initial tide. Save it as an html document. Saving it as an html will convert the chart to a jpeg. Copy the spreadsheet data and paste it on your TideMoon page. Then Upload the jpeg of the chart to your page.
 * 4) View the Moon Phases October 2015 on the same Gandy Bridge Tides . Find the moon phases for the high coefficients and low coefficients on the graph. Provide an explanation for the pattern of high coefficient of tides alternating with the low coefficient of tides during the month based on the relative position of the earth, moon and sun.
 * 5) A high coefficient is 112 on the 27th of October when there is a full moon. There is also a 87 coefficient on the 30th of October when there is a gibbous moon. They are higher coefficients because both the Moon and the Sun are pulling on the Earth from one side. There are low coefficients on the 5th and 6th when it's 41 and 44. The moons here are first and last quarter moons. They are lower coefficients here because the tiny Moon is pulling on one side while giant Sun is pulling from another side. The pattern is that the quarter moons tend to cause lower tides less often during the month than the other moons. The pattern also is that the month will start with a high tide and slowly decrease until a quarter moon, then it will increase again until the next quarter moon, which happens toward the end of the month, and then begins to increase again.


 * Date || Tide Coefficient ||
 * 10/01/15 || 89 ||
 * 10/02/15 || 73 ||
 * 10/03/15 || 57 ||
 * 10/04/15 || 45 ||
 * 10/05/15 || 41 ||
 * 10/06/15 || 44 ||
 * 10/07/15 || 52 ||
 * 10/08/15 || 61 ||
 * 10/09/15 || 70 ||
 * 10/10/15 || 77 ||
 * 10/11/15 || 83 ||
 * 10/12/15 || 86 ||
 * 10/13/15 || 86 ||
 * 10/14/15 || 85 ||
 * 10/15/15 || 81 ||
 * 10/16/15 || 75 ||
 * 10/17/15 || 67 ||
 * 10/18/15 || 58 ||
 * 10/19/15 || 49 ||
 * 10/20/15 || 45 ||
 * 10/21/15 || 49 ||
 * 10/22/15 || 58 ||
 * 10/23/15 || 74 ||
 * 10/24/15 || 89 ||
 * 10/25/15 || 101 ||
 * 10/26/15 || 110 ||
 * 10/27/15 || 112 ||
 * 10/28/15 || 109 ||
 * 10/29/15 || 99 ||
 * 10/30/15 || 87 ||
 * 10/31/15 || 72 ||


 * 1) View the 3 images below. Explain for each image, the relative position of the sun, moon and earth that would result in the phase of the earth as seen in each of the photos. For each picture indicate what the corresponding phase of the moon would be when viewed from earth on the same day each of the photos of the earth was taken.
 * 2) For the first picture, the Sun shines on one side of the Earth so that it looks like only part of the Earth is light. It's in a crescent phase while looking at it from the Moon. This means that the Moon is in a gibbous phase if you were looking at it from Earth.
 * 3) In the second picture the Earth is in a gibbous phase while the Sun shines on it and one side is light. This means that the Moon is in a crescent phase while looking at it from the Earth.
 * 4) In the third picture, the Sun shining on the Earth on one side causes it to be gibbous and almost a full moon. This means that the Moon must be in a crescent and almost new moon phase from the Earth as the Sun shines on it.