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WorksheetsMoon Craters
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
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
Which type of crater is shown here?
Simple
Complex
Terraced
none; Mare
A large object would have to hit the Moon for this type of crater to be made.
Simple
Complex
Terraced
Why don't Mare form on the Moon anymore?
Objects no longer hit the Moon
There are no more craters being made.
The magma that seeped through the surface has solidified.
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
Which type of crater is shown here?
Simple
Complex
Terraced
none; Mare
This type of crater has both a central peak in its basin and terraces around the rim.
Simple
Complex
Terraced
The Moon's surface changed because of which 2 things?
volcanic activity
aliens
collisions
humans landing on the Moon
Which type of crater is shown here?
Simple
Complex
Terraced
none; Mare
What feature do complex and terraced craters have that simple craters do not?
a central peak
terraces
an object that explodes under the surface
The moon likely started out as a big ball of ________.
iron
volcanic basalt
magma
These two types of craters are made from explosions that create large bowl-shaped regions.
Simple
Complex
Terraced
