Full Moon Research Paper

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The moon has multiple effects on Earth and Earth’s surface. The moon affects Earth by its gravitational pull and its revolution around the Earth. This gravitational force can affect many different aspects of Earth, and also has some myths about it. Some of these myths include: a full moon affects humans by causing tides in us; the moon doesn’t have gravity; and there is a permanent dark side of the moon.
There is a myth that the moon affects us by causing “tides” that interfere with our normal bodily functions and making us act strange. Tests have shown that on full moons, crimes and accidents occur more frequently than on new moons. There is one simple explanation to this: people think that on a full moon, they are supposed to act crazier, so they do. The moon doesn’t have more gravity on a full moon, or even affect the water in our bodies. Gravity on the moon isn’t stronger on a full moon anyways, it is just more illuminated but the Sun. The moon does have an effect on the Earth’s tides, but that is because the Earth and the moon are involved, and are …show more content…

Astronauts also felt a sense of weightlessness while on the moon, and this just added to the myth. The truth is that the moon DOES have gravity, but is is about ⅙ of Earth’s gravity. The moon has to have gravity, or there wouldn’t be tides. The moon also has an effect on stabilizing the Earth. Earth wobbles as it rotates, but having the moon close by stabilizes it, making the wobble a lot less. Without the moon, Earth would wobble much more, which could have an effect on us and all life on Earth. (Jakobsen) Everything that has mass has gravity. There really is no such thing as “zero gravity”, although there is a such thing as microgravity. This is the floating people experience in space. They are experiencing gravity, but it is too low to have an effect on

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