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22.3
Earth's Moon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Craters | Round depressions in the surface of the moon |
| How were most craters produced? | By the impact of rapidly moving debris |
| Highlands | What most of the lunar surface is made up of. Densely pitted, light colored areas. |
| Maria | The dark, relatively smooth area on the moon's surface is a mare 9plural - maria) |
| Rilles | Associated with maria, llok similar to valleys or trenches, remnant of ancient lava flows. |
| Regolith | Soli-like layer, composed ofigneous rocks, glass, beads, and fine lunar dust. |
| How may have the moon formed? | When a large object collided with earth. The resulting debris was ejecting into space. The debris began orbiting around earth and eventually united to form the moon. |
| What were the last major features to form on the moon? | Rayed craters |