You can see the moon because _______.

• it revolves around the earth

• it reflects the sun's light

• it revolves and rotates at the same speed

• it goes through the lunar cycle in 4 weeks and 1.5 days

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The two ideas of how the moon was formed is the giant impact hypothesis and ____________. 

• the exploration of Mars

• the creationists view with God creating a lesser light for the night

light-colored areas on the Moon

• craters

• maria

• highlands

The large, dark, flat areas on the Moon

• craters

• maria

• highlands

formed when objects from space, crashed into the Moon.

• craters

• maria

• highlands

One Moon rotation

• 27.3 days

• 27.3 hours

• 29.5 days

• 29.5 hours

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One Moon revolution

• 27.3 days

• 27.3 hours

• 29.5 days

• 29.5 hours

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One lunar cycle

• 27.3 days

• 27.3 hours

• 29.5 days

• 29.5 hours

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Why does the same side of the moon always face the earth? 

• The earth and moon revolve together

• It's called the near side.

• The Moon takes the same amount of time to orbit Earth and make one rotation

• The rotation is the same for earth and the moon

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Which phases of the moon follows the waxing crescent?

• First quarter

• Third quarter

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