mostly caused by the moon (partially sun)-Moon's gravitational pull on earth causes the water on the surface to move-Cyclic (pattern, predictable)On Long island there is a semi-diurnal tidal pattern-(High tides are 12 hours apart and low tides are 12 hours apart)-2 high and 2 low tides every 24 hours

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1. mostly caused by the moon (partially sun)
-Moon's gravitational pull on earth causes the water on the surface to move
-Cyclic (pattern, predictable)
On Long island there is a semi-diurnal tidal pattern
-(High tides are 12 hours apart and low tides are 12 hours apart)
-2 high and 2 low tides every 24 hours