MOON
BY LIAM.M & CODY.$
Moons size
Think of the earth as a soccer ball then think of the moon as a golf ball, the moon is only 3,474 km in diameter the earth is 12,742 km in diameter the moon seems pretty puny compared to the earth now
Landforms & craters
• The Earth has many land forms caused by wind and running water therefor allowing weathering and erosion.
• The moon gets the craters from asteroids that hit it. This happens because the moon has no atmosphere to disintegrate the asteroids unlike Earth. Not having a atmosphere also prevents the moon to have weather, wind, or running water. So there is no weathering or erosion.
GRAVITY
• THE MOON HAS 1/6 gravity of the earth
• The EARTH has 6 times the gravity on the moon.
ATMOSPHERE
MOONS ATMOSPHERE• The Moon has no
atmosphere so it has no weather. Having no atmosphere makes it prone to asteroids.
EARTHS ATMOSPHERE• The Earth has five
layers of atmosphere the Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, and the Troposphere.
WATER
MOON• Scientists have
discovered a partial amount of water
EARTH• The EARTH is 70 percent
made up of water
Weathering and ErosionMoon• The moon has no wind
or running water. Therefore there is no erosion or weathering.
Earth• The Earth has things that
can cause weathering and erosion. Water and wind are a big causes of weathering and erosion. They cause many different kinds of landforms such as mountains, valleys, lakes, boulders, beaches, and swamps.
TIME TO ROTATE ON AXIS
MOON • It takes the moon 27
days to rotate on it`s axis
EARTH• It takes the earth 24
hours 1 day to rotate on it`s axis
ORBIT`S
MOON• IT takes the moon
29.5 earth days to orbit the earth
EARTH• IT takes the earth
365.25 earth days to orbit the sun
THE SEASONS
• The earth`s axis is tilted. Consider any globe you`ve seen instead of being straight up and down it`s at a tilt of 23.5 degrees. for six months of the year , the southern hemisphere is pointed toward the sun. Then in a month the northern hemisphere will be facing the sun. when its facing the sun its summer and when its not its winter. Thus creating the seasons.
MYSTERIOUS BLUE MOON
BLUE MOONThere is no “blue moon” the “blue moon” is just a second full moon in a month and only happens every two and a half years