Moon, Earth STEVEN JAY STEELE
Mar 20, 2016
Moon, Earth
STEVEN JAY STEELE
SIZE
MOON• THE SIZE OF THE
MOON IS 3,474 KM
EARTH• THE EARTH IS 12,742
KILOMETERS WIDE
LANDFORMS/CRATERS MOON• THE MOON HAS MINI
LANDFORMS SUCH AS CRATERS, LAVA, PLAINS, HILLS
EARTH• THE EARTH HAS
WATER, MOUNTAINS, GRASS, AND ROCKS
GRAVITY
MOONTHE GRAVITY ON THE MOON IS 17% OF THE EARTHS GRAVITY
EARTHTHE EARTH HAS 6 TIMES THE MOONS GRAVITY
Weather/atmospherTHE MOON HAS A VERY THIN ATMOSPHERE THE MOON HAS NO WETHER THE TEMPERATURE IS – 153 DEGREES CELSIUS
• EARTH HAS 4 LAYERS
• OF ATMOSPHERE LONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE
waterTHE MOON HAS WATER BUT ITS BEN TURNED IN TO ICE
• THE EARTHS BIGGEST BODY OF WATER IS THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Weathering/erosionTHE MOON HAS NO EROSION OR WEATHERING
The earth HASE A LOT OF EROSION THAT’S HOW MOUNTINS ARE MADE AND WAETHERING MAKES EROSION
TIME TO ROTATE ON ITS AXIS
• IT TAKES THE MOON 27
• DAYS TO ROTATE ON ITS AXIS
• IT TAKES 24 HORS FOR THE EARTH TO ROTATE ON ITS AXIS
TIME TO ORBIT ONCE• IT TAKES THE
MOON 29 ½ DAYS TO REVOLVE AROUND THE EARTH
• IT TAKES EARTH 365 DAYS TO GO AROUND THE SUN
EFFECTS ON OTHER CYCLESTHE GRAVATY OF THE MOON MAKES TIDES IN THE OCEAN
• THE TILT ON EARTH AXIS MAKES THE SEASONS