2007-10-21 04:31:15 · 5 answers · asked by Tracy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
None were returned with the rock and regolith samples, so I'd have to say, no, there aren't any worms on the moon...
All to be found there (other than the Moon itself) is the junk we left behind when we were there.
2007-10-21 06:01:37 · answer #1 · answered by Bobby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO.
Worms require a moist soil to live and process soil to
extract the vitamins and minerals from the decayed
vegetation in normal soils. On the moon there is no
decayed vegetation within the soil, and there is no visable
source of water. As a result it is very, very unlikely that there
are any worms on the Moon.
There is also no warmth on the Moon. Worms that we know
and understand from our existance on the Earth are always
wet, or moist. On the Moon, in that frigid planet, wet creatures would freeze into solid lumps almost instantly. This does not
even consider the total lack of an atmosphere that is rich in oxygen and carbon dioxide for live creatures to breathe or absorb through some process.
2007-10-21 11:48:11 · answer #2 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a vacuum and blasted by solar radiation? Not bloody likely.
2007-10-21 11:38:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most unlikely. They'd have to survive intense radiation and huge temperature changes, to say nothing of breathing vacuum âº
Doug
2007-10-21 11:44:21 · answer #4 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No worms, no ants, no flies either.
2007-10-21 11:50:35 · answer #5 · answered by Kaynos 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋