Moon vs. Earth

Moon vs. Earth

By : Lauren Mikeska

SIZE

• The moon’s size is 3,474 km.

• The earth’s size is 6,371 km.

Landforms

Valleys,plateaus,mountains,plains

And hills.

The moon’s cratersThe surface of the moon is scarred millions of impact craters. There is no atmosphere on the moon to protect from bombardment from potential inpactors.

GravityThe moons gravity is 1.62m/s2The earths gravity is 9.78m/s2

Weather and Atmosphere• There is no weather

and atmosphere on the moon.

• Earth has four seasons these seasonal variations provide diffrent weather.

Water

Recent evidence suggest there is water on the moon.

326 million cubic miles (1.332 billion cubic kilometers.)

Weathering and Erosion

There is very little because there is little or no erosion on the moon.

Weathering and erosion slowly chisel earth’s rock.

Time to rotate on its axis

It takes 27.5 days for the moon to rotate on its axis.

Length of a day: 24 hours on earth

Time to revolve/ orbit once

Around the earth It takes the moon 29 ½ days to orbit the earth.

Around the sun (one year) It takes 365 days to orbit the sun.

Effects on other cycles

Tides The moons gravitational force are strong enough to disrupt the water on earth.

What causes seasons? The seasons are caused by the tilt of earth on its axis.