2007-12-10 20:09:35 · 8 answers · asked by cheezy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The atmosphere stops anything below a certain size reaching the surface, which keeps Earth's crater count well below the Moon's. Plate tectonics and other geological activity covers or destroys craters that are present on Earth, wind, rain and surface water erode others, and life also has an effect, turning rock into soil, or overgrowing craters.
2007-12-10 20:16:03 · answer #1 · answered by Jason T 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Earth has very powerful erosive processes going on. We DID have lots of craters, probably even more than on the moon, but most have eroded away.
2007-12-11 18:45:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mostly because the atmosphere helps to break down most meteors but also because the majority of the planet's surface is covered in water.
2007-12-11 07:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh it does. but do to weathering. most traces vanish. H2O is a powerful solvent and since 3/4th's the surface is water most craters get erased in thousands of years. A question to ponder is what traces are left from the merger of a mar's sized planet with earth?
2007-12-11 05:09:37 · answer #4 · answered by noneya b 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It dose have some craters craters are usually volcano's or meteorites marks and we have volcano's and meteorites marks but we cant see them all cause we have trees and oceans that block it .
2007-12-11 05:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by candice s 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the main reason behind this is ozone layer . ozone layer protects the heavy escape/dropping of particles on earth's surface .
so, there is no ozone layer on moon thats why there is craters.......
2007-12-14 14:47:44 · answer #6 · answered by Puneet s 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because moon came as a part of earth
2007-12-15 02:14:57 · answer #7 · answered by Sujay R 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
enviroment not come any thing on earth its fired it
2007-12-14 23:27:18 · answer #8 · answered by avinashkaloya 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋