Earth’s Moon Questions
1.) Name the three kinds of features that Galileo saw on the moon’s surface.
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2.) What three things did the Apollo astronauts do on the moon?
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3.) How did the craters form on the moon? ___________________________________________________
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4.) Why did scientists one think there were volcanoes on the moon? ______________________________
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a. What evidence from the Apollo landings makes this unlikely? ___________________________
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5.) Describe the events that formed the moon, according to collision theory.
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6.) What two things did scientists learn by studying the rocks astronauts brought back from the moon?
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7.) What are maria? ______________________________________________________________________
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