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Round 4: Tossup 6

A solid object will be destroyed by this phenomenon as it crosses a distance threshold of 1.26 times radius times the cube (-5[1])root of a ratio of two densities. This phenomenon causes the appearance of namesake “tails” in colliding galaxies. This phenomenon, whose strength is inversely proportional to distance cubed, causes internal friction that heats up Io’s volcanoes. Objects are disintegrated by this phenomenon within the (*) Roche limit. (-5[1])This phenomenon causes the Moon’s rotational and orbital (10[1])periods to synchronize in its namesake “locking.” (10[1])This force is caused by gradients in the strength of gravity. (10[1])For 10 points, what force drives a periodic rising and falling of sea level on Earth? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: tidal force [or tidal forces; accept tides; accept tidal tails or tidal heating or tidal locking; prompt on gravitational force or gravity until "gravity" is read]
<Science - Physics, Aveek Sarkar> | VAULT II Packet 04
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Fergus SmithBathSouthperial21-5
Zhangir SatzhanovBirmingham AWarperial67-5
Mia Clark-WebbOxfordBirmingham B7510
Ahmed AzhariCambridgeSouthampton8210
Dawid NawrockiSouthperialBath9310
Ethan ElliottWarperialBirmingham A1100

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✕6100%83%17%56.50
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%33%67%79.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%33%33%77.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%0%0%80.25
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%80%0%49.40
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%100%0%53.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓475%0%50%83.33
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%50%0%67.50
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%0%60%98.60
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%50%25%64.50