if we explode the moon....?

Question

if we explode the moon wat would happen to the sea and everything...

Answer 1

If the Moon disappeared then the tides would reduce in strength by about two thirds. There would still be tides, because the Sun causes tides, too (see the Conjunctions Page).

The Moon keeps the angle between the rotation axis of the Earth and the plane of the orbit of the Earth within a fairly narrow range, so that the strength of the seasons cannot differ too much from its current value. If the Moon disappeared, then the inclination of the rotation axis of the Earth would vary much more over periods of thousands of years and could get much further away from the upright position, with corresponding greater differences between summer and winter, and hence with great influence on the climate, such as Mars has experienced (without any large moon). See http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1993Natur.361..615L, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2002A%26A...384..689E and http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0112399 (for http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2001EM%26P...85...61B).

I've heard of kinds of animals that synchronize some rhythms of their lives with the phases of the Moon, and the sudden disappearance of the Moon could cause trouble for them. I believe I've heard of some kinds of turtles that come to lay their eggs on the beach at a certain Full Moon, and that the nightlife of deer and similar animals takes the phase of the Moon into account. In any case, fishermen and hunters seem to take the phase of the Moon into account, but perhaps that is because they would like to be able to see something at night. I am not a biologist, fisherman, or hunter, so I do not know the details of this.

Answer 2

First of all, if the moon were blown up, the pieces WOULDN'T fall to the earth! At least not all of them, only those which get shot toward the earth. The gravity caused by the earth wouldn't change, whether the moon is kept together in one piece or is scattered all over. So the same forces that equilibrate to keep the moon in orbit would keep its remains in orbit. On the other hand, the gravitational effect of the moon upon the earth wouldn't change. Several small bodies with total mass M give rise to the same gravitational field that a big body of the same mass M would, as if the mass were concentrated in the barycenter of the body or system. The barycenter of the lunar mass would more or less maintain the same orbit which it travels now.

Answer 3

It depends on the level of explosion we are talking about.
If the moon is broken into pieces it will most likely fall to earth causing widespread destruction. Possible global annihilation. If their is a magical explosion that completely removes all the moons mass then the effects would be different.
The moon and Earth work as a counter balanced tether. We would lose our orbit without the moon. We would float away. This would destroy our weather, change the temperature, we would die.
The tides are a small factor of the moon does. The tides of course would only be affected by the sun and they would be minimal. The oceans would die eventually. This is of course small beans compared to us losing our orbit or getting hit by moon chunks.

Answer 4

Depends on how big an explosion you use.
A small explosion would leave all the material of the moon in earth orbit, and it would gradually collect back into a moon.

An explosion big enough to take most of the material away from earth orbit would result in the tides ceasing.
That would affect a lot of wildlife around estuaries and also affect the deposition of silt from rivers.

Answer 5

The moon would break into pieces and get sucked in by the earths gravity and crash on the earth and CAUSE THE END OF THE WORLD!

Answer 6

Impossible. Firstly, how do you plant a bomb in it?
But then, the thing is , we will have bits and pieces of the moon in outer space and probably a large tsunami

Answer 7

Now why would we explode the moon? You must be joking!

Answer 8

The moon affects the water and we are made up of 75% water.

Answer 9

Earth would become a large taco. green cheese drizzled all over it. The starving masses would gain strength and take over.

Answer 10

Then our kids will never see the sun