The Moon

An object that travels around another object in space is called a(n) _____.

• meteor

• satellite

• space station

• comet

The moon has _____ gravity than the earth.

• more

• less

Moonlight comes from the ______.

• moon

• sun

• planets

• stars

Maria, mountains, rills, and craters are all features of the ______.

• moon

• earth

• sun

• stars

Large, flat land areas, or plains, on the moon are called ______.

• rills

• valleys

• craters

• maria

How did most of the moon's craters form?

• meteors

• floods

• lightning

• from people digging holes on the moon

The path the moon takes around the earth is called its _____

• maria

• rotation

• orbit

A complete turn on the moon's axis is called its ______

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

The moon rotates and revolves in about the same amount of time.

• True

• False

We always see the same side of the moon.

• True

• False