Although the Sun is much larger than the Moon, it does not exert as much gravitational pull on the oceans as the Moon. The Moon, although smaller, has more influence on tides. What is the best explanation for this?

Situation #2: imagine that you are a newspaper editor in columbus, oh in 1863. the civil war has been dragging on for more than two years already and shows no signs of ending soon. you are aware that many black males are willing to enlist in the union army but you fear that they may be mistreated and abused by the majority of soldiers on either side in this war. write a one-page letter (double spaced) editorial for tomorrow's edition of the newspaper. the topic is military service in the union army by free african american males. in your editorial, take a clear position for or against having black men join the fight. be sure to give reasons for whatever position you choose to take.

Aresearcher conducts a focus group to learn about attitudes towards hygiene and disease prevention. two weeks after the focus group, the researcher learns one of the subjects had a heart attack at home and was hospitalized, but made a full recovery. based on dhs regulations, the researcher report this event to the irb? no, this does not need to be reported since the subject had the heart attack when they were home, not at the focus group. no, this does not need to be reported since it is unrelated to participation in the study. no, this does not need to be reported because two weeks have passed. no, this does not need to be reported since the subject recovered.

Which three sentences in the story indicate that that the passage is an ex nihilo type of creation story?