Craters

Which type of crater is shown here?

• Simple

• Complex

• Terraced

• none; Mare

Which type of crater is shown here?

• Simple

• Complex

• Terraced

• none; Mare

A small-sized object would be responsible for creating this type of crater.

• Simple

• Complex

• Terraced

This type of crater has a central peak in its basin, but no terraces around the rim.

• Simple

• Complex

• Terraced

The basin of this type of crater is small and smooth and has no central peak or terraces around the rim.

• Simple

• Complex

• Terraced

Which type of crater is shown here?

• Simple

• Complex

• Terraced

• none; Mare

This type of crater would be created if a medium-sized object struck the Moon.

• Simple

• Complex

• Terraced

This type of crater has both a central peak in its basin and terraces around the rim.

• Simple

• Complex

• Terraced

What feature do complex and terraced craters have that simple craters do not?

• a central peak

• terraces

• an object that explodes under the surface

These two types of craters are made from explosions that create large bowl-shaped regions.

• Simple

• Complex

• Terraced

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2