How does the moon influence the life on earth?

Answer 1

controls tides

Answer 2

There are many benefits: The most important is that it keeps the earth from wobbling. Because the earth is tilted at 23 1/2 degrees, it would be very unstable unless the moon helped balance its axis of rotation. The other benefits have to do with life on earth. The moon creates tides that help many animals during their breeding cycles. The moon also helps provide light at night, unless it is a new moon, and that allows animals to see so they can hunt for food and stay away from danger. The other, less obvious, reason has to do with the moon actually having been a part of the earth itself a long time ago. Early in earth's history, a large protoplanet the size of Mars crashed into it and made it bigger than it originally was. The upper layers of Earth's crust was knocked off into space and became the moon. So really, when you ask the question: how does the moon benefit the Earth?" Well, the Earth wouldn't be what it is today without the moon.

Answer 3

The moon's gravitational pull creates the ocean tides, which are important for marine life and ecosystems. Additionally, the moon's phases can affect animal behavior, such as mating and hunting patterns. Some theories also suggest that the moon may influence human emotions and sleep patterns, although more research is needed in this area.

Answer 4

The Moon's gravity (along with that of the Sun) causes the tides which indirectly also affects life on Earth. Through the tides the moon is also slowing down the spin speed of the Earth and this in turn is making the Moon recede from the Earth. The only known major effect is the tidal effects in the sea. Other theories, that it affects people's moods, and so forth, have never been proven. ______________ The tides play an enormous role in the life and health of the planet; many forms of life depend on tidal movements to survive. Also, the moon plays a monumental role in helping to stabilize earth's polar tilt. This keeps the seasons reasonably in place, and the importance of the seasons for maintaining of life can't be over-emphasized. Without the moon the earth would slowly drift away from its current tilt, and the seasons would change radically. Our moon is a critical part of our life systems on earth.

Answer 5

Not really, no. There is some (small) effect due to greater/lesser light at night, and the precise timing of tides relative to time-of-day may have some impact on coastal life, but for the most part there's no significant difference based on the phase of the moon.

Answer 6

Especially, the Moon is the main cause of the tides.

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Besides the moon effecting earth's tides, the moon is on a cycle having a full moon each and every month just like women has a cycle each and every month.

Ever heard of the expression:

It's a full moon, that means all of the crazy people are out.

People has an estimate of 70% water in their individual body. So surely a full moon does effect people too who's made of mostly water.

Answer 7

The moon is large and close enough that it is able to minimize the amount of variance in Earth's tilt. Long-term evolutionary theory requires that organisms have a stable enough environment to survive for extended periods of time, with very regular seasons and gradual large-scale change. By keeping our planet's tilt stable, the Moon enabled the Earth to maintain those conditions.

Answer 8

The only real physical effect the moon has on the earth is regulating the tide. because the moons orbit is eliptical, at certain points (not entirely sure when), the moon moves closer and further away from the earth, resulting in the tide rising and falling. it works much in the same way as the moon and earth's gravity pushing and pulling one another.

Answer 9

Living on the Moon would be expensive. But if you were doing it anyway, there are many effects. The Moon's gravity is low. Your bones would lose calcium. It is not possible to enjoy direct sunlight, which is necessary for the body to create vitamin D, so you would have other health problems. Exercise and supplements would help with those problems. Resources such as air and water would have to be manufactured on the moon, so an effect of this would be that you would spend a lot of time conserving resources and acquiring resources. There is no food on the Moon. You would have to take up food and grow food on the Moon. There is no atmosphere to stop radiation from the Sun. You would have to stay inside and avoid radiation. There is not much to do on the Moon. Astronomical observatories could be set up so you could work at that, but it is a very boring job full time. You can't just sit out in the back yard and enjoy the stars. There are no back yards. All living habitations will be like subway stations with tunnels going here and there and you will not have much privacy.

It would be fun to fly around the Moon or do some exploration and drive a Moom Buggy. But to live there? Why would anyone want to. It would make much more sense to build living habitations under the sea. Anytime you got bored you could visit the surface and go to the movies. Yes, the undersea life is where you should go if you want a new kind of life.

Answer 10

If you mean the gravitational pull between the moon and earth causing waves, then sure!

Second Answer:

The late Dr. Isaac Asimov made a case for the moon's importance to us based on two things. One, that the tides had helped drag life up out of the ocean to then evolve on land - leading to us. And two, that the presence of the changing moon in our sky made us much more curious about the heavenly bodies, and gave our science a real boost. As an almost third point, he said that the moon landing was a good first step, and that if our first trip had had to be to Venus or Mars, that it might have deterred us from trying at all.