TideMoonICS16NGU

> 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. 10/05/15 - coefficient of 41. Moon Phase was Third quarter. 10/12/15 - coefficient of 86. Moon Phase was Waning Crescent. 10/20/15 - coefficient of 45. Moon Phase is Waxing Crescent. 10/27/15 - coefficient of 112. Moon Phase is Full Moon.
 * 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.
 * **The earth is located in the center of the diagram. In the diagram, it shows eight stages of the moon when it rotates around the earth. The sunlight in the diagram is located on the right side of the diagram. During the full moon, the sun, moon, and earth are aligned together. While the moon is on the opposite side, it is lit up. While the other side, the shadow side, is invisible to us. During the half moon, the moon is tilted at a 90 degree angle because of this, we see half of the moon. During the new moon, the moon is lined up between the sun and the earth. The reason why we can not see the new moon is because the new moon is facing the shawdow side to us.**
 * 1) View the example of the tide chart for the Gandy Bridge for a day. 2015 Tide Chart for Gandy Bridge
 * **Tides alternate from low to high during a 24 hour period is because of gravitational pull of the sun and moon and the rotation of the Earth. There are 2 high tides alternating with low tides each day because of the location of the moon. The reason why the high tides alternate with low tides each day is because the moon's force is so strong that it moves the water towards the moon, which causes the water to bulge and the rotation of the earth. That is why we experience high and low tides.**
 * 1) 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. 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.)
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) 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.
 * **When there is a first quarter and third quarter, it has a lower coefficient because the moon is pulling the earth at a 90 degree angle and the sun is pulling the earth at a 90 degree angle. When there is a full moon and new moon the coefficient is higher because the earth, moon, and sun are aligned together and the sun and moon are both pulling the earth which creates high tides. When we can see more of the moon, the coefficient is higher. When we can see less of the moon, the coefficient is lower.**
 * 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 ||> 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 ||

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 is a crescent. On the crescent earth we see the moon as a waxing gibbious or a wanning gibbous.
 * The phase of the earth is a quarter. On the quarter earth we see the moon as a first quarder or a third quarter.
 * The phase of the earth is a gibbous. On the waxing earth we see the earth as a waxing crescent or a wanning crescent.