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| How many Earth days does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth? Its axis? |
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| Fromed at the same time as the Earth |
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| Earth's fast spin ejected material |
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| Formed elsewhere & captured by Earth's gravity |
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| Caused as a result of a collison of a meteoroid with Earth (most likely) |
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| is a celestial body that can range in size from a speck to an object weighing thousands of kilograms |
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| depressions in the moon's surface, and to raise up mountains |
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| tiny objects no larger than sand grains |
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| solidified within the fractures at a fairly shallow depth beneath the surface, high gravity |
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| distinctive feature in maria bedrock |
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| rugged mountains pockmarked with craters |
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| a bright streak of shattered rock and dust that radiates from a lunar crater |
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| a grayish brown mixture of small rock pieces and fine particles that covers the moon |
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| of the moon are the daily chages in the moon's appearance as viewed from Earth |
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| the darkest part of the shadow cast by the moon or by Earth |
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| the area of partial shadow surrounding the darkest part of the shadow of the Earth or moon |
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| event during which Earth's shadow prevents the sunlight from reaching the moon |
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| occurs when the moon comes between the sun and Earth and the moon's shadow hits Earth's surface |
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| at perigee, when the moon is closest in its orbit to Earth, areas of Earth within the moon's umbra experience a total solar eclipse |
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| when the moon is at perigee, a partial solar eclipse is visible at areas of Earth within the moon's penumbra |
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| when the moon is at apogee, its umbra fails to reach Earth. As seen from Earth, the moon's disk is slighty smaller than the sun's |
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| furthest point form the Earth |
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| new moon, waxing cresent, 1st quater, waxing gibbous , full moon, waning gibbousm 3rd quarter, waning crecsent |
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| 4.6 millon years ago, or about the same time as Earth |
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| average distance from the earth to the moon |
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| what is the most noticeable effect on the surface of the moon |
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| near side of the moon to the Earth |
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| what is causing the Earth's rotation to slow |
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| how fast does a radio singal take to travel to the Earth to the mooni |
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| what is the line called separating the light from the dark side of the moon |
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| true and false: there are about 30 natural moons in our solar system |
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| rate at which the moon moving away from the sun |
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| how many years has the moons interior been quiet |
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| how does the moons gravity compare to the earth's |
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| a type of rock formed after meteoroid impacts melted lunar rocks |
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| a type of rock formed from molten lava flows |
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| what side of the moon do we see from the earth |
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| how are lunar craters created |
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| daytime(how long) nighttime(how long) |
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| both 14 (28 days in one moon month) |
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| 50 minutes earlier 50 miutes later |
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| moon's orbit is elliptical ranges |
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| 363,104 km nearest point 405,696 km farthest point |
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