Moon Features

Question 1

Albedo

Answer 1

Percentage of sunlight that the moon’s surface reflects.

Question 2

What is the moon’s albedo?

Answer 2

7%

Question 3

Highlands

Answer 3

Heavily cratered, mountainous areas

Question 4

Maria

Answer 4

Dark, smooth plains formed by volcanoes

Question 5

Impact Craters

Answer 5

When objects from space crash into surface

Question 6

Ejecta

Answer 6

Material blasted out after impacts

Question 7

Rays

Answer 7

Long trails of ejecta

Question 8

Rilles

Answer 8

Valleylike structures, may be collapsed lava tubes.

Question 9

Regolith

Answer 9

loose, ground up dust on surface of the moon

Question 10

How is the moon unique among other moons?

Answer 10

1. One of the largest moons in comparison to the planet it orbits.
2. Solid & rocky rather than icy/gassy
3. The distance btwn earth and moon is larger than other moons and their planets

Size, texture, distance

Question 11

How old is the moon?

Answer 11

3.8-4.6 billion

Question 12

Layers of the moon…

Answer 12

1. Core
2. Lower Mantle
3. Upper Mantle
4. Crust

Question 13

What type of core does the moon have?

Answer 13

Solid iron

Question 14

How are maria formed?

Answer 14

Lava welled up and filled in impact basins.

Question 15

Why are there no maria on the far side?

Answer 15

The crust is thicker on the far side, so it’s harder for lava to reach the surface.

Question 16

Description of core:

Answer 16

solid iron

Question 17

description of lower mantle:

Answer 17

partially molten

Question 18

description of upper mantle:

Answer 18

solid

Question 19

Complex craters are caused by….

Answer 19

faster meteorites

Question 20

Why are there extreme temps?

Answer 20

The moon has no atmosphere so it is unable to trap or release heat