The Moon

Question 1

What is a ditch where molten lava once flowed?

Answer 1

Rille

Question 2

What does rille mean in german?

Answer 2

Groove

Question 3

Who studies craters?

Answer 3

Scientists and philosophers

Question 4

How are craters caused?

Answer 4

By impacts

Question 5

Where is water found on the moon?

Answer 5

At the poles inside the crater walls

Question 6

Which side of the mantle is the thickest on the moon?

Answer 6

The far side

Question 7

Which side of the moon has thicker crust?

Answer 7

The near side

Question 8

How big is the moon compared to the Earth?

Answer 8

Its ¼ the size

Question 9

How much less gravity is the on the moon compared to the Earth?

Answer 9

⅙ less gravity

Question 10

When do solar eclipses occur?

Answer 10

New moon

Question 11

When do lunar eclipses occur?

Answer 11

Full moon

Question 12

Why do we not have eclipses every month?

Answer 12

The angle, orbit, and moon

Question 13

What is the location when the moon is farthest from Earth?

Answer 13

Apogee

Question 14

What is the location when the moon is closest to the Earth?

Answer 14

Perigee

Question 15

What is the shape of the moon’s orbit?

Answer 15

Elliptical

Question 16

How old is the moon?

Answer 16

4.5 byo

Question 17

Why do we study the moon?

Answer 17

To learn about Mercury

Question 18

The Mars sized object that hit Earth was named what?

Answer 18

Theia

Question 19

What is geosynchronous?

Answer 19

The same side faces Earth

Question 20

Who was the first man on the moon?

Answer 20

Armstrong

Question 21

What was the spaceship that Armstrong landed in and what year was that?

Answer 21

Apollo 11 in 1969

Question 22

What is the dark spot on the moon?

Answer 22

Sea of tranquility

Question 23

Why is there such a variation of temperature on the moon?

Answer 23

There is no atmosphere

Question 24

What is the axial tilt of the moon?

Answer 24

18.5 degrees

Question 25

What is the orbital inclination to the ecliptic

Answer 25

5 degrees

Question 26

What is the density of the moon?

Answer 26

3300 kg/m^3

Question 27

What is the imaginary line which separated from day to night on the moon’s surface?

Answer 27

The terminator

Question 28

What is the Procellarum?

Answer 28

The largest of the Maria

Question 29

What is the surface temperature on the moon?

Answer 29

-243 degrees F

Question 30

What is the rotational period of the moon?

Answer 30

29.5 days

Question 31

What causes Earth’s spin to slow?

Answer 31

Tidal breaking

Question 32

The highlands 
Age: 
Rock: 
Named after: 
Light or Dark:

Answer 32

Age: 4-4.5 byo
Rock: Granite
Named after: the mountains
Light or Dark: Light

Question 33

The Maria
Age: 
Rock: 
How many:
Found: 
Named after:
Light or Dark:

Answer 33

Age: 3 byo
Rock: Basalt
How many: There are 14 of them 
Found: on the far side 
Named after: Latin word for sea
Light or Dark: Dark