52
MOON DUST
The Moon is silvery grey, without the Earth’s green
patches of plant life. There is no liquid water, or
atmosphere (gas layer) to block out harmful radiation
and provide the gases a plant needs to survive.
However, Moon dust is similar to soil.
Moon dust
There are no living things
to create tiny tunnels and
caverns in Moon dust. On
Earth, water, nutrients, and
gases move through these
spaces for plants to absorb.
True soil
Soil needs living things.
These eventually form the
organic matter inside it, as
well as its structure. Even
if you added water to Moon
dust, it would just form a paste.
M
o
o
n
d
u
s
t
i
s
m
a
in
l
y
t
i
n
y
b
i
t
s
o
f
g
l
a
s
s
.
Craters are formed
when large meteors
hit the Moon.
Moon rock Forms
from lava cooling
on the surface.
052-053_Lunar_Soil.indd 52 31/10/2019 14:05