There are two high tides and two low tides in each 25-hour period because
A)Earth orbits around the Sun in a little over 24 hours.
B)the Moon orbits Earth in 25 hours.
C)Earth completes a full rotation every 24 hours but the Moon moves too.
D)heating and cooling of the seas occurs twice each day.

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The Earth completes a full rotation every 24 hours, but the Moon also moves in its orbit around the Earth. This means that it takes slightly longer than 24 hours (about 24 hours and 50 minutes) for the same location on Earth to face the Moon again. As a result, the tidal bulges created by the Moon's gravitational pull move around the Earth every 24 hours and 50 minutes, causing two high tides and two low tides in each 25-hour period.

There Are Two High Tides and Two Low Tides in Each