Earth's Moon

The moon's gravity is much stronger than Earth's gravity.

• True

• False

Was the first scientist to observe features on the moon.

• Newton

• Galileo

• Einstein

• Flores

Dark flat areas on the moon made from lava flows 3 to 4 billion years ago.

• crater

• mare

• highland

• mountains

They were the first people to step on the moon.

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

large round pits on the moon created by meteoroid impacts

• craters

• highlands

• mare

• maria

Light colored surface features on the moon that were created by material that was ejected from meteoroid impacts.

• craters

• highlands

• mare

• maria

Compared to other moons in the solar system the Earth's moon ranks...

• 4th largest

• 6th largest

• 5th largest

• 7th largest

Compared to the size of Earth, its moon is...

• 1/3 the size of Earth

• 1/2 the size of Earth

• 1/4 the size of Earth

• 1/5 the size of Earth

What layer of Earth is the moons density most comparable to?

• mantle

• inner core

• lithosphere

• outer core

True or False: The moon does not have layers (core, mantle, crust).

• False

• True