Moon Formation

Rocks from the lunar surface have been radiometrically dated to be 4.5 billion years. The solar system and Earth formed between 4.5 to 4.6 billion years ago. This suggests that the moon formed _____________________________________.

• At the same time as the Earth was forming

• Before the Earth formed

• After the Earth formed

• It never formed, it's a conspiracy!

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

The name of the smaller planet that theoretically collided with the earth to form the moon.

• Apollo

• Pangea

• Vesta

• Thea

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

What evidence did scientists examine to prove the Giant Impact Theory?

• Composition

• Density

• Age

• All of these

This data suggests the Giant impact was at a low angle and NOT a direct impact.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Differences in ___________ caused the Earth and Moon to develop layers?

• Density

• Rotation

• Distance

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

The clumping together of rocky material in space to form planets (and our moon), such as these salt crystals on the ISS, is called __________.

• Snowball Effect

• Aggregation

• Rotation

• Fusion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Plagioclase mineral crystals tend to float to the top of cooling lava on Earth.

These same mineral crystals were also found in rocks from the moon's surface.

This suggests that the moon's surface was once covered in a _____________.

• liquid water ocean

• global magma ocean

• thick layer of ice

A natural satellite that orbits a planet is called a _________.

• Starlink

• Star

• Moon

• Geyser

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

According to the graph, Which object has the same Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Rocks as the Earth?

• Moon

• Mars

• Vesta

Which theory is most widely accepted for the formation of the Moon?

• Capture Theory

• Fission Theory

• Giant Impact Hypothesis

• Co-formation Theory