What is the Moon like?

What is the Moon like?

1. Surface features

   • - Most of the Moon's surface is covered with craters.
     • - A crater is a hollow area or pit in the ground.
       • - Large rocks called meteoroids crashed into the Moon, causing craters in it.

2. Phases of the Moon

   • - The Moon revolves around Earth.
     • - The Moon completes one orbit in 29 days.
       • - The Moon's shape seems to change as it moves around Earth.
         • - The apparent shapes of the Moon are called phases.

3. The Moon's gravity

   • - The Moon has gravity.
     • - The Moon's gravity pulls a little on Earth.
       • - The Moon's gravity causes tides on Earth.