20. Each tide (high and low) usually occur twice daily because…
A. the sun’s gravity adds to the moon’s gravity
B. the moon rotates on its axis twice as fast as the earth
C. the moon orbits the earth in intervals of 12 hours
D. the moon’s gravity pulls the solid earth causing water to rise opposite the moon
E. ocean currents push against the gravity tides causing water to “slosh” up
2. D
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