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Classify the Craters
Match the descriptions or features the the class of craters.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Created by planetesimals or huge meteors. | Maria / Basin |
| Small craters created by small objects. | Simple |
| This cratrer has steps that line the inside of the rim. | Terraced |
| Means steps. | Terraced |
| Have slight rims with a bowl shape. | Simple |
| Hoavge a rim with a central peak. | Complex |
| The fainest of all flodded crates. | Ghost |
| Very flat and dark floors. | Flooded |
| These large craters have all three features, rim , rays, and steps. | Terraced |
| Their name means "seas" in latin | Maria / Basin |
| Rims on these craters appear to be very faint, almost totaly submerged. | Ghost |
| No rays on these craters. | Simple |
| Barringer Crater as a bowl shape with a rim, so what class fo craters does it belong to? | Simple |
| Copernicus Craters has a rim, rays, and steps so it is in this class of craters. | Terraced |
| There crater don't look like craters. They are huge with no distinct rim. | Maria ? Basin |
| These craters were once filled with lava. The lava has cooled and the crater floor is flate and dark. | Flooded |
| The Apollo 11 lunar landing took place at the edge of the huge basin crater. | the Sea of Tranquility |