Is atmosphere affected by tidal forces ? why?

Question

I read that it effect all mass and large bodies of water, and liquid mantle. it’s just more noticeable on oceans. What about the atmosphere ? It has some mass hasn’t it ?

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Answer 1

Yes it does. Because the atmosphere is a gas mixture, and gas is made out of atoms, which have mass, and are thus affected by the gravity of the moon, which causes (the majority of) our tidal forces.