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The Moon
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- 1What is the diameter of the Moon?3,500km
- 2What is the distance between the Moon and the Earth?380,000km
- 3How are seas/marias formed?By huge craters filled with lava billions of years ago that have cooled over time
- 4How are terrae formed?By craters that have pushed the surface of the moon up into mountains
- 5How are craters formed?By asteroids that have hit the surface of the moon
- 6How are rilles formed?By lava that has flowed on the surface of the moon billions of years ago
- 7How are wrinkled ridges formed?By the pressure of cooling lava
- 8What is the biggest crater on the Moon?the Tyco crater
- 9What is the biggest maria on the Moon?the Ocean of Storms
- 10How long does the Moon take to do a full rotation?27.3 days
- 11How long does the Moon take to orbit the Earth?27.3 days
- 12Why do we never see the dark side of the Moon?As the time it takes for the moon to rotate and the time it takes for it to orbit are almost the same, you see the same side of the Moon when it gets dark
- 13What do scientists call the theory of the Moon's formation?the Giant Impact theory
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- GCSE (Astronomy) Science Fichas sobre The Moon, creado por Ethan Collins el 08/09/2015.
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