How does the rotation of the earth give coastlines a high tide and a low tide?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The gravitational attraction of the moon pulls out a bulge of water from the surface. As the earth rotates, it passes beneath the bulge to create high tide and passes away from the bulge to create low tide.

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