what if we didnt have the moon?

Question

would earth still become filled with lives?

Answer 1

We wouldn't have tides. Creatures that live in Tidal Flats would probably not exist. I'm sure tides have other beneficial effects, but I don't know what they are.
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Answer 2

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"If we did not have a Moon there would be no lunar tides. (We would still have tides caused by the sun, but these would only be about 1/3 as great as the current tides.) There would also be no total solar eclipses which I think would be a shame. We might get hit more often by asteroids, as the Moon probably takes some that would otherwise hit us, so that might have meant that life couldn't have developed so well (that's a bit speculative). There would be a lot less mythology and folk tales as the Moon has played an important part in alot of cultures (although I guess we probably would have found something else to write stories about). There would have been no "Moon Race" in the 1960s so no Neil Armstrong walking on the Moon, which is pretty important in modern day culture. It might have taken longer for Astronomy to develop as the Moon is a pretty easy target to wonder about and work out things like gravity etc. I guess there is no real way of telling how things might have turned out with no Moon so this is all a bit speculative. If you can think of any other consequences I would be pleased to know about them."

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Answer 3

Ahh good, somebody hit the point about the Earth's tilt. The Moon acts like a great big counter balance that keeps the Earth steady on its axis. If the Earth lacked the moon, it could potentially have a much more variable tilt over time. This would cause crazy dramatic climate changes. Life might never have gotten started in such a chaotic place. And if it had, it would be very different from what we find familiar. Most likely life would remain simple or stay in the ocean, wherever conditions were the most stable.

Answer 4

Moon was part of the earth. So we would have been bigger and more massive. Hence dense admosphere possibly a different orbit that what we are on now. Hence very different weather and possibly a different life forms here on earth. We as human might not have evolved ( a possiblity) and so on

Answer 5

if we had no moon, the earth rotational axis would fluctuate from 0 to 90 degrees, rather than the stable 23 degree we have now. the climate would be highly variable, and htere would be no real tidal force, and the earths rotation would be much faster than it is now as well. if life did form on this planet, it would be very different than what we have to day.

Answer 6

Although this question is impossibly to answer, since we can't go back and remove the moon.
However, I believe we would. The worlds climate would be a bit different, and this would probably be reflected in the organisms on it, however, I believe life would have happened, moon or not.

Answer 7

If earth didn't have a moon then it will be of orbit and then.
It will be full of rocks every and nobody will live in it.

Answer 8

We would not have life in tidal pools, because there would be NO tides.

Answer 9

Probably, but they'd be very different.