Question

Martha designed a model to show the positions of Earth, sun, and moon when there is greatest difference between high and low tides. Which of these is most likely the model designed by Martha? Picture shows sun, moon, and Earth along the same horizontal line. Picture shows the sun and Earth along the same horizontal line and the moon above Earth. Picture shows the sun and Earth along the same horizontal line and the moon below Earth. Picture shows the sun and Earth along the same horizontal line and the moon above Earth slightly towards right as shown in the art.

Answer 1

The picture that is most likely the model designed by Martha is: "Picture shows the sun and Earth along the same horizontal line and the moon above Earth slightly towards right as shown in the art." This arrangement represents the positions of the sun, moon, and Earth during a spring tide, which is when there is the greatest difference between high and low tides.