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