Question

The following table shows the time of day when tides occurred at a coastline on a certain day of a year.Coastline Tide TableDateTimeType of TideSunday, 4th June2:31 a.m.Low tide8:35 a.m.High tidePart 1: Predict the approximate time when the next high tide and the next low tide would occur at the same coastline.Part 2: Use complete sentences to explain your answer.

Answer 1

Given:

Coastline Tide table,

Sunday-4th June-2:31 a.m. - low tide

8:35 a.m. - high tide.

To find:

The next high tide and low tide.

Step-by-step explanation:

Part 1:

Next low tide Sunday-4th June-6:47 p.m.

Next high tide: Saturday-5th June- 1:00 a.m.

Part 2:

In one lunar day, i.e., the time it takes for the moon to complete one rotation, there will be two bulges. That is in one lunar day, there will be two high tides and two low tides. One lunar day is 24 hours and 50 minutes.

Thus the time difference between a low tide to a high tide or from high tide to low tide is 6 hours and 12.5 minutes. That is for every 6 hours and 12.5 minutes a shore experiences either a low tide or a high tide.