Earth and Moon CHARACTERISTICS

By Daniel Torres

Size of the Earth and moon

Size of Earth• The Earth is approximately

12,742 kilometers in diameter.

• Fast Fact: Earth is about 4 times the size of the moon.

Size of moon• The moon is

approximately 3,474 kilometers in diameter.

Landforms of the Earth and moon

Earth• The earth has

mountains, valleys, plains, peninsulas and much more of nature’s creations.

moon• The moon has

mountains, craters, and plains

Earth and moon gravitational force

Earth• The Earth has about

9.78 m/ gravity

moon• The moon has about

1.622 m/ gravity

Weather and atmosphere on the Earth and moon

Earth• Earth has a large

atmosphere that consists of four layers: the exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, and stratosphere. Earth can have rainy, cloudy, warm, and cool days.

moon• The moon has warm and

cool days like earth but unlike earth it does not have rain or cloudy days. The moon has an atmosphere but it only rises a foot off the ground.

Water on the Earth and moon

Earth

• Approximately 70% of Earth’s surface is covered by water.

Moon• Scientists have found

that there is frozen water on the moon.

Weathering and erosion on the Earth and moon

Earth

• Weathering can be caused by water, swings in temperature, plants, and animals. Erosion can be caused by deforestation, overgrazing, and wind.

moon• Weathering and erosion

does occur on the moon but the process takes a lot longer than the erosion processes on Earth.

Time to rotate on it’s axisEarth• It takes the Earth 23.9 hours

to rotate once on it’s axis.

moon• It takes 27.3 days to

rotate once on it’s axis.

Time to revolve

Earth• It takes Earth 365.25 days to

revolve once around the sun.

moon• It takes the moon 23.5 days

to revolve once around Earth.

How the tides are made

• The moon creates the tides by using it’s pull of gravity. This causes the tides to rise the highest at night.

Why the Earth has seasons• Seasons are caused by the tilt of the

earth on it’s axis.