3. Below is a tidal chart showing the predicted tidal levels for Magueves Island
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3. Below is a tidal chart showing the predicted tidal levels for Magueves Island, Puerto Rico, for the week of May 21-28, 2013. The lightly shaded vertical columns indicate daylight hours. Answer the question below based on the chart. Magueyes Island, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico (max. tidal range 0.34m 1.1ft) Times are AST (UTC-4hrs). Last Spring Tide on Wed 15 May (h.O.16m, 0.5t)·Next Spring T de on Fri 24 May Ch=0.23m 0.8ft) 1 ft Fri Sat Mon Thu 23-May 28-May Tue 21-May Wed 22-May Mon 26-May 27 27-May o ft 0.0 m 11-30 am 112 tam 0.09m ?657pm ?657pm ?6 sa m ?658pm Sunset ?6:57pm 3.32pm431pm O534pm6.38pm 742pm 845pm 43pm 0246am 33m 420am 4m 6:13am 97:15am 820m 9.24am ?8:56pm ?656pm ?6:56pm Sunset Ful Moon j 12 27amExplanation / Answer
1) These are NEAP TIDES and the pattern of the tides are DIURNAL TIDES because in a one day period their is occurance of 1 high tide and 1 low tide, it is called neap tides because neap tides are formed at nights and spring tides are formed at days, neap tides are formed when the sun and moon are at perpendicular to each other, and when the moon at its quarter phases.
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Phase of moon on 1st day = 3rd quarter because as we go further in garph it is showing that with increase in date the lower tidal range is increasing it means that the moon is going in between the sun and earth and when it comes in between the sun and earth the gravitational pull of attraction increases futrther and ranges of low tides increases.
Phase of moon on last day = Waxing crescent phase a phase which is between the new moon to the 1st quarter because the range of lower tides are then starts decreasing it means the moon is moving away from the sun and the range of high tides have decreases slitly in comparison to highest tide it means it is between the new moon and the waxing crescent phases of moon
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