If+There+Was+No+Moon(Kiandra)

= If There Was No Moon = Did you ever think about life if we had no moon? To many the moon was just another rock floating around and coming out during most nights. But the moon actually plays a much bigger role than just being there at night. Humans wouldn't be able to live on earth if it wasn't for the moon. Here is what the earth would have been life without the moon.

First the earth was formed 4.56 billion years ago. There was no moon until about 3 million years after that. When the moon first formed it was very close to earth but it moves away 38cm each year. Some people, long before spaceships came into the story, some thought the moon was made of green cheese.

If we had no moon there would be no tidal stress on the moon which would fracture the earths crust causing the earth's mantle to crack through. That would put the earth in terms of vulcanism. There would be seas of lava and many volcanoes which would make the earth just one, big a lava planet. The earth's tilt would face straight up because the moon causes gravity which makes the axis tilt because the moons pressure of having no gravity pushes the earth's tilt. It would have caused strange new seasons or none at all. If the earth's axis pointed straight up, the north and south poles would not get any sunlight. There would be no length in day due to the tidal friction. Lastly the earth's rotation would slow because the sun would pull in the earth so the earth would not be able to rotate as fast. The conclusion would be that if there was no moon human life would be inhabitible. So really that big ball of cheese is more than just a pretty sight.

How the Moon was Born

@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO45ZiGql8E

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