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Why do the tides go in and out?

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The Moon's Gravity Pulls Everything Down

Gravity is invisible but you can see it when you look at the tides. The other side of earth that is in us close to the moon won't feel the pull of the moon's gravity very strongly because it's too far away. But it still has a high tide because of the way the earth and moon move together.

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