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you and your family are on a vacation near the ocean. you go to the
that on some days the water comes up higher on the beach than on
change in the water level called? what is the main cause of this cha
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The periodic change in ocean water levels shown is tides. The primary cause is the gravitational pull exerted by the Moon (and to a lesser extent, the Sun) on Earth's oceans, which creates bulges of water that move across the planet's surface as Earth rotates.
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This change in water level is called tides. The main cause is the gravitational force from the Moon (and secondary gravitational pull from the Sun) acting on Earth's ocean waters, combined with Earth's rotation.