What force causes oceans to have tides?

Correct answer: Gravity

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BlurryBudgie4579
BlurryBudgie4579
you folks do an excellent job with getting the information out and explaining it in lay terms.
lando
lando
There is a lot more to this! Not only does the tide not come in or out ,but the sun also effects the tides. The gravitational waves from both the moon and sun creates bulges of water and we rotate into and out of them creating what we call high and low tides. Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson's video on youtube as he explains it quite well!
Nikki-D92
Nikki-D92
Some people on here can be so pedantic
abe171717
abe171717
I love the sea
Montana Lady
Montana Lady
Shelby Carpenter, gravity exists because all objects attract each other, & essentially objects with greater mass pull smaller objects to them. We're tiny compared to the earth, so we stick to it. The moon is much larger, so it pulls back with its own mass & stays in orbit.... etc. (Obviously there's more to it than that, but that's the basic gist of it.)
stay classy
stay classy
I've always thought that if our moon can manipulate huge oceans of water what could it do to us humans?
Wisenheimer
Wisenheimer
Why is the ocean always near the shore? (the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz could tell you why
Peace
Peace
Kavik.22, that's because gravity is only a THEORY and magnetism is provable.
Caroline
Caroline
Phil 'sum guy', yikes
Sissy
Sissy
Joey, me too!... I was asked to be an "author".
joey
joey
BlurryBudgie4579, the questions are submitted by regular players like you and I, they asked me once to be a contributor but I declined, too much work
WDA
WDA
It's always our planet's gravity that truly shapes everything in motion...
Feruza
Feruza
I'm afraid of the ocean
Phil 'sum guy'
Phil 'sum guy'
if tides were magnetic, your compass would be useless & the ocean could maybe electrocute you ?
Gianna
Gianna
fortunately I got the answer to this question correctly. however on the rare occasions that I make an error and choose the wrong answer I get punished. a long commercial for games I am not interested in and horrible music. it's punishment
Bini
Bini
Kavik.22, my bad
Orville Parker Gildock
Orville Parker Gildock
why a lot of babies are born at full moon
Kavik.22
Kavik.22
surprised to see how many have chosen magnetic
swak
swak
Montana Lady, the moon does not "pull back" to stay in orbit (etc.?) . It's orbit is due to the earth's gravity and the moons orbital velocity.
JohnKimble
JohnKimble
Montana Lady, and you spelled gist right!
Player #17684758
Player #17684758
deceptive question...
Hacker player# real
Hacker player# real
Its game is so cool in the news a kid die in 2013
Skidu2
Skidu2
I said gravity...it says gravity in the first paragraph.ugh
Sir William Jeremiah
Sir William Jeremiah
Yes!! I LIKE THIS. Feels like excited primary school learning.
Richard
Richard
Flat Earthers said 'Magnetic'.
tonyl
tonyl
Shelby Carpenter, it's perfectly explained in General Relativity. There's no force, it's just things doing what you'd expect them to do. Once you've had GR explained, that is. And it's surprisingly simple, too.
Player #5695776
Player #5695776
What I thought it was momentem
Shelby Carpenter
Shelby Carpenter
Why does gravity even exist? Without it, there would be chaos in the universe. But what is the intrinsic force present in any object? Where in the mass of an object is it located? It just is. Unexplainable. Weird.
agleedy
agleedy
Player #4301819, when did water ever get affected by a magnet?
Sassy69
Sassy69
How come when you go abroad there’s no tides.. In Greece last year the tide never went out why does it in England
Player #3228856
Player #3228856
I wasn’t thinking right
Aiman Adzhar
Aiman Adzhar
cant believe so many answered magnetic lol
Amenda234512901@4
Amenda234512901@4
gamehappy0728, boops