Moon & Earth
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Moon & Earth
Size
• The Moon is 3,476 km in diameter• The Earth is 12,742 km in diameter
Landforms
• The Moon is dotted with many craters and mountains.
• The Earth has mountains, valleys , hills and more.
Gravity
• The Moon’s gravity is 6x less than Earth’s gravity.
• The Earth’s gravity is 6x more than the Moon’s gravity.
Weather & Atmosphere
• The Moon has no atmosphere.• The Earth’s has 5 layers of the
atmosphere including the (from top to bottom) Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere.
Water
• The moon has very little water on or in it’s surface.
• The Earth is around 70% of water out of 100%.
Weathering & Erosion
• The Moon has no weathering or Erosion because the Moon has no atmosphere.
• The Earth has an atmosphere causing the planet to have weathering & erosion.
Time To Rotate On It’s Axis
• It takes the Moon 27 days to rotate on it’s axis.
• It takes the Earth 24 hours to rotate on it’s axis.
Time to orbit once
• The Moon takes 29 and one half days. to orbit.
• The Earth takes 1 year to orbit.
Effects By The Moon And Earth
• The Moon effects the earth’s high & low tides because of it’s gravity.
• The Earth’s tilts on it’s axis causing the seasons because the Sun shines on specific places at different times during the Earth’s orbit.