Lunar Gravity and Ocean Levels

This worksheet teaches how the Moon’s gravity creates tides on Earth through bulges in ocean water. Students complete several cause-and-effect chains showing how lunar gravity, Earth’s rotation, and Moon phases interact to produce high and low tides. Critical thinking questions then ask learners to explain why some coasts experience two high and two low tides daily, and what might happen to marine life without tides. This activity connects gravitational science to observable Earth phenomena.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Science – Gravitational Forces and Tides

Science – Moon-Earth Interactions

English Language Arts – Completing Cause-and-Effect Chains

English Language Arts – Short Constructed Responses in Science

This worksheet is part of our Tides and Their Relation to the Moon collection.