Moon

What moon feature is this?

• highlands (mountains)

• crater

• maria

What was unique about the rocks from the moon that were brought back to Earth?

• They were very high in iron.

• The were very similar to the crust of the Earth.

• They were very similar to the core.

• They had water in them.

What moon feature is this? The was formed when material was thrown up after the crater was made.

• highlands (mountains)

• crater

• maria

The moon has its own light.

• True

• False

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Why is the moon considered a "satellite" of Earth.

• because it reflects the light

• it orbit Earth

• Earth orbits the moon

• the moon orbits the Sun

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What did the composition of the moon rocks tell us about how the object that impacted the Earth?

• The impact occurred 1000 years ago.

• The impact took part of the core

• The impact was a head-on impact.

• The impact took mostly the crust of the Earth.

What causes moon phases? (SELECT TWO ANSWERS)

• The earth's shadow

• The moon revolving around the earth

• The moon reflects light from the sun

• The rotation of the moon

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What happens as the moon revolves around the earth?

• The shadow gets darker and darker.

• The illuminated (lit) side gets lighter and lighter.

• The shadow slowly disappears until it's fully lit, then the lit part slowly disappears until it's completely dark.

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Can you see the moon during the day?

• Yes

• No

When the lit part of the moon is getting bigger, we call that ...

• Waxing

• Waning

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