Multiple choice

Tides are the highest

  1. when the earth is nearest to the sun

  2. when the earth is nearest to the moon

  3. in the spring

  4. when the sun, the moon and the earth are in line
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Explanation

Spring tides, which are the highest tides, occur when the gravitational pulls of both the sun and the moon are combined because the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned in a straight line during full and new moons.

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