If there was no moon would there be tides?

[Al Neri]

If there was no moon would there be tides? Would they be smaller? Would they even exist?

Just a question that came to me...

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

<Keanu> Whoa...</Keanu>

 

[everman]

That's no moon! :Q

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
If there was no moon would there be tides? Would they be smaller? Would they even exist?

Just a question that came to me...

The sun creates tides, known as Solar Tides, the moon creates tides known as Lunar Tides. So yes, there would still be tides, although I don't think they'd be as large.

 

[tweakmm]

There would be no earth as we know it.

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
There would be no earth as we know it.

Yes there won't be tides. Many sea animals that depend on tides would die out, but I don't think life will cease to exist

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
There would be no earth as we know it.

:musicing!Ding!Ding!:music:
We have a winna!
Read this. (yes it's the first page on google, but I didn't want to write out my explaination )

EDIT: 2nd page on google

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
If there was no moon would there be tides? Would they be smaller? Would they even exist?

Just a question that came to me...

The sun creates tides, known as Solar Tides, the moon creates tides known as Lunar Tides. So yes, there would still be tides, although I don't think they'd be as large.

Yup

 

[Fritzo]

Speaking of tides,

You should ALWAYS wash your clothes in Tide.

Why?

It's too cold outTide.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Speaking of tides,

You should ALWAYS wash your clothes in Tide.

Why?

It's too cold outTide.

Do you work for tide? lol.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Discovery Channel had a whole show about what would happen with no moon. It was a neat show and basically we would be screwed.

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
There would be no earth as we know it.

so, the other planets have creatures living there?

 

[mchammer]

Did you know that the moon is moving away from us at the rate of a few feet a year?

 

[Al Neri]

Originally posted by: mchammer
Did you know that the moon is moving away from us at the rate of a few feet a year?

duh. umm thank you captain obvious!!!

 

[VTHodge]

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez

Originally posted by: mchammer
Did you know that the moon is moving away from us at the rate of a few feet a year?

duh. umm thank you captain obvious!!!

That's obvious? I didn't know it.

 

[VTHodge]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Speaking of tides,

You should ALWAYS wash your clothes in Tide.

Why?

It's too cold outTide.

But I'm allergic. Makes me all itchy. That was a wicked couple of months before I figured out what caused it.

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: mchammer
Did you know that the moon is moving away from us at the rate of a few feet a year?

I really don't think its moving that fast away from Earth.. but you are correct, it is a measurable distance.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

No, of course there'd be no tides! Look at Venus. No moons and no tides. Coincidence? I think not!

 

[Mashed Potato]

My last girlfriend thought that "if you blew up the moon, there would be no night." No word of a lie. I go for nerds.... pss, obviously....

 

[Al Neri]

Originally posted by: Mashed Potato
My last girlfriend thought that "if you blew up the moon, there would be no night." No word of a lie. I go for nerds.... pss, obviously....

:camera:?

 

[amish]

4 meters per century.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Discovery Channel had a whole show about what would happen with no moon. It was a neat show and basically we would be screwed.

Yup. It stabilizes the tilt of the earth's axis. Without it, there'd be such dramatic climate swings that we'd probably die out.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: lyssword

Originally posted by: tweakmm
There would be no earth as we know it.

Yes there won't be tides. Many sea animals that depend on tides would die out, but I don't think life will cease to exist

No, that is simply wrong. I'm not saying life would cease to exist, but it wouldn't be on earth and if there was life it sure as hell wouldn't be here as more than some aneorobic bacteria living deep in some magma crater.

Without the moon we wouldn't just not have tides, we'd be just another rock with no atmosphere in space.

The earth and moon have had a very special relationship since they were just young massess of turbulent molten rock.

Go read a book :thumbsup:

edit: I guess I'm trying to understand your question... do you mean if there was no moon starting out in the formation of the solar system or do you mean if we suddendly looked up into the sky tonight and the moon was conspicuously absent?
Either way stuff would be very very differerent.

 

[ForumMaster]

well there would be no tides as we know it (they would be much weaker.)

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Discovery Channel had a whole show about what would happen with no moon. It was a neat show and basically we would be screwed.

why?
esplain