TideMoonICS16RAP


 * 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) View the example of the tide chart for the Gandy Bridge for a day. 2015 Tide Chart for Gandy Bridge 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.
 * 3) Use the data from Gandy Bridge Tides Tampa Bay Tides to create a spreadsheet in Open Office with the coefficient of the tides for the days in the month of October, 2015. Thencreate 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.)
 * 4) 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.
 * 5) 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.


 * Answers:**


 * 1) The differences between the new moon, quarter moon, and full moon phases is the new moon looks like it is disappeared because the light is reflecting on half of the moon and not the other, the quarter moon looks like it's half dark and half light because we only see half because light is only shinning on half, and the full moon is facing the sunlight and the entire moon is facing us.
 * 2) The tide alternates from low to high during a 24 hour period because of it's gravitational force. The part of the earth both away from the moon and close to the moon both get high tides. The earth and moon rotate around each other pulling itself. The force is greater on the side of the earth closer to the moon and more less on the side that is the farthest from the moon. The water tends to move closer to the moon because of it's large amount of water. There are usually 2 high tides alternating with low tides each day because of gravitational forces. We would have high and low tides everyday because also of it's gravitational pull and earth's rotation.
 * 3) The high coefficients are 10/25-10/28 and the low coefficients are 10/4-10/6. The high coefficients are all full moons and the low coefficients are all full quarter moons . Full quarter moons are when it looks like it's half dark and have light because we only see half because light is only shining on half . Full moons are when the full moon is facing the sunlight and the entire moon is facing us. The tides happen because of the position of the moon and the rotation of the earth.

10/1= coefficient of 89. Moon phases was waning gibbous 10/8= coefficient of 61. Moon phase was a waning crescent 10/15= coefficient of 81. Moon phase was a waxing crescent. 10/22= coefficient of 54. Moon phase was a first quarter. 10/29= coefficient of 99. Moon phase was a waning gibbous.
 * Dates || 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 || 54 ||
 * 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 ||

On the chart


 * 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.




 * The moon phase is a waning gibbous
 * The earths phase is earths crescent


 * The moon phase is a first quarter
 * The earths phase would be a waning gibbous


 * The moon phase is a waning crescent
 * The earths phase would be a earths gibbous