Historical Examples. 1  I do not contest the truth of the principle of continuity on which this view is based. 2  The continuity of nature does not fail saving for extraordinary instances. 3  The processes of his mind are characterised by continuity, consistency, and a kind of gathering intensity of movement.
In most places, two high tides and two low tides occur daily. Tides happen because the moon's gravity is pulling on the Earth and its oceans. The oceans are fluid and can move more than the land, so they move towards the moon. As the moon revolves around the Earth, it creates high tides and low tides.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Neap tides are especially weak tides. They occur when the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another (with respect to the Earth). Neap tides occur during quarter moons. Neap tides are the less than average tides that occur during the first and third quarters of the moon.