What are some of the light-colored features you can see on the moon's surface?
Highlands or mountains
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What is a meteoroid?
A chunk of rock or dust from space
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How does the gravity of the moon compare to the gravity of Earth?
The moon's gravity is about 1/6 that of Earth's.
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How does the density of the moon compare to the density of Earth?
The moon's density is similar to the density of the outer layers of Earth.
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How does the size of the moon compare to the size of Earth?
It is small.
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What is the moon's atmosphere like?
Dry and airless (No atmosphere)
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How big can craters be?
Hundreds of kilometers across
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What are maria?
Dark, flat areas on the moon that are made of hardened rock formed from huge lava flows that occurred 3-4 billion years ago.
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What caused craters on the moon?
Impacts of meteoroids
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How do scientists think the moon formed?
They think a large object collided with Earth and sent debris from both the object and Earth into space. Gravity caused the debris to clump up and form the moon
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What features are on the surface of the moon?
Maria, craters, and highlands
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How does the moon's mass compare to the Earth's mass?