would we live without the moon?

Answer 1

Lemme see...no-moon scenario...checklist. Oxygen? Check. Non-lethal temperature? Check. Habitable living conditions? Check. Yeah, I think we'd be fine. We may have to get used to the alterations in tides, and not seeing the moon in the sky anymore, but I think we would survive.

...some of these answers are ridiculous. Do you people know ANYTHING about physics? Gravity reversal?! Are you kidding me?!! Do yourselves a favor. Understand something before you talk about it. Don't combine a bunch of things you heard and barely remember. We would be fine. The Earth would still rotate. That's called momentum. We would still have night and day. The moon affects the tides, but it is not preventing the world from flooding. Think about that. The same amount of water would still be on the planet. It wouldn't be pulled (ever so slightly) in one direction or the other, but it would not increase in total volume. And we would most certainly not fly off the face of the Earth.

Answer 2

There was a TV show about that subject once, its importance has to do with physics, having the moon there keeps the Earth from flipping around on its axis, meaning the Earth gets the regular 24 hr. day and 365 day year--without the moon it would be totally variable, the Earth could have the same side turned toward the Sun for a thousand years, or more, meaning one side would get way hot and the other freeze. In either case, life would be a lot more difficult if not impossible.

Answer 3

did a little research bout that...

one could argue, none of this is coincidence at all. If not for the Moon, some say, love as we know it would never have happened and we wouldn't be here to contemplate Earth's orbiting treasure.

The Moon has had dramatic effects on our planet and the life that inhabits it, researchers believe. The Moon stabilizes Earth's rotation, for example, preventing otherwise dramatic movements of the poles that would fuel climate swings that some scientists figure might have doomed any chance for life to form, let alone evolve.
And biologists speculate that tides, generated mostly by the Moon, would have been a logical place for life to originate. Sea creatures might have then used tidal regions as experimental sites for testing the habitability of land, and therefore as an excuse to develop lungs. Put short, your gilled ancestors might have used the Moon like a gravitational guiding light to the first non-aquatic procreation...
there's a lot more but I won't post it all here.. I have a link if you wish to read on...
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon_mechanics_0303018.html

Answer 4

The Moon has had dramatic effects on our planet and the life that inhabits it, researchers believe. The Moon stabilizes Earth's rotation, for example, preventing otherwise dramatic movements of the poles that would fuel climate swings that some scientists figure might have doomed any chance for life to form, let alone evolve.

And biologists speculate that tides, generated mostly by the Moon, would have been a logical place for life to originate. Sea creatures might have then used tidal regions as experimental sites for testing the habitability of land, and therefore as an excuse to develop lungs. Put short, your gilled ancestors might have used the Moon like a gravitational guiding light to the first non-aquatic procreation.

Answer 5

An interesting question, and not as simple as you'd think.

We could easily live without the moon if there had never been a moon. It really doesn't perform any vital functions.

But, since the moon is in orbit around our planet, removing it suddenly would wreak havoc on our weather system, causing huge disasters everywhere. Many millions would die, but at the end, the world would still be around and there would still be people left alive.

Answer 6

Yes , Actually a scientist said we would be better off without a moon, something about the effect on tides and weather , myself I think Earth would be cooler with at least 3 or 4 moons .
So many other planets have multiple moons.

Answer 7

The moon regulates the tides of the oceans and I read about it in school like tons of stuff. All life on this planet would die without the moon for gobs of reasons. If it would have been like a teaspoon smaller or any bigger it wouldn't have worked to support life. It was real interesting you should read it
Encarda

Answer 8

No. The moon is responsible for the tides, and it has a role in gravity. Plus, it's beautiful to look at.

Answer 9

No, we wouldn't, the lack of gravity from the moon would cause the oceans to cease movement and all of our gravity would be reversed sending us all into outerspace to hang out with Captain Kirk

Answer 10

Would the moon, all life on Earth would cease to exist!