Explanation writing - How the Moon affects the Earth.

Wednesday 29 July                                                                                   Mohit Gulati

How the Moon affects the Earth  - Explanation writing

There are many ways that the Earth is affected by the Moon.

The Moon slows down the Earth’s spin and makes our days 24 hours long and not 6. Without it, it would be boiling hot on one side during the day and it would be freezing cold at night.  There would also be a lot of wind and Earth would be very dry. Without the Moon, there probably wouldn’t be any life on Earth.

The gravity of the Moon pulls seas and oceans towards whichever side it is on. That’s what we call high tide and whichever side it’s not on is called low tide. There is a lot of water at high tide and not very much at low tide.

Many animals are nocturnal because of the moon.  Nocturnal means night hunters or feeders. If there was no moon, there wouldn’t be many nocturnal animals like cats, rabbits, bats, owls and others.

There are 28 days in a moon cycle.  We use the phases as a calendar. Special events are also set around moon phases, like Dawali.

The Moon has shining beauty but it only gets it from the sun because the suns rays shine onto the Moon. The light reflects toward the Earth and that’s how the Moon gets its beauty.

These are the ways that the Earth is affected by the Moon.