Question

Why is walking on the moon hard as compared to walking on earth?
A. Earth has a greater pull than Moon
B. Moon has a greater pull than earth
C. The atmosphere on Earth is denser than Moon
D. The atmosphere on moon is denser than Earth

Answer 1

To solve this question, one must know about the concept of gravity on both the moon as well as on earth. And in this question, we simply used both the concepts and we got the required solution. We have to fight gravity every time we walk, step, or jump because it is always dragging us toward Earth.

Complete answer:
As we know that for walking, The period during which we, the human, are not in contact with the ground must last a minimum of time in order for us to swap our feet from front to rear. And due to less value of $g$ as compared to Earth’s gravity and i.e., $\dfrac{1}{6}$ of the Earth. And we know that the force acting on the mass is $mg$ which is also $\dfrac{1}{6}$ times more than that of earth. This is only as Earth has more pull than that of the moon. As a result, walking on the moon will be tougher than that of earth.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Note: Also note that, because the Moon is smaller and has a lower mass, it has a lower gravitational attraction. In reality, standing on the Moon's surface would only expose you to 17 percent of the force of gravity that you would encounter on Earth. On the Moon, gravity is substantially lower.