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 * 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.
 * W h e n t h e S u n is facing the Earth full the moon would be behind the earth. new would be in the way of the sun when the earth is facing the sun. and the half moons are on the side so only half is showing of their light. This is because of the angel of the moon in which the Sun shines on it.
 * 1) View the example of the tide chart for the Gandy Bridge for a day. 2015 Tide Chart for Gandy BridgeUsing 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. The moon causes these tides by deforming the ocean and creating high and low levels of water. There are 2 high and low tides because the moon rotates around us and pulls the water its way so it pulls the water up and down
 * 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. The tide is highest when the Moon and The Sun are both pulling on Earth. The moon has effect on the Earths tides at the same time as the Sun does so it is a very high tide. The Earths rotation also conflicts with the Tides.


 * > Dates ||> Tide Coefficients ||
 * 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 0 /1 / 1 5 - W a ning Gibbous - The tide is high because it is a waning gibbous which is close to full moon which is when the tide in the highest. 10/5/15 - Third Quarter - The tide is one of the lowest because the moon is slowly going in the phase waning gibbous, but still low from new moon. 10/12/15 - Waning Crescent - low because it is reaching the new moon which is low because of no light coming from the moon

10/20/15 - waxing crescent - this nearing the 3 quarter which is very low because only half is showing. 10/27/15 - full moon - this is when the tides are the highest because all of the Sun and moons light are both brightest and pulling on earth.

= Phases: NASA recently released photos of the Apollo Mission. = The phase of the earth is a waxing crescent moon and the moon is a waning crescent moon.
 * 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 phase of the Earth third quarter moon and the moon is a first quarter moon.



The phase of Earth is a waxing gibbous and the moon is a waning gibbous.