Angeles Rios

Date : 12/9/15
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Review Question on chapter 30

1 . Dark areas on the moon that are smooth and reflect little light are called .
Rilles
2. Most of the informant astronomers have gathered about the interior of the moon has come
from
Telescopes
3. Soon after the moon formed , it was covered with .
Anorthosites
4. In the most recent in the development of the moon ,
The densest material sank to the core
5. The moon is closest to the earth at
Perigee
6 . During each orbit around the earth , the moon spins on its axis
1time
7 In a lunar eclipse , the moon
Is in the Earth's shadow .
8 When the size of the visible portion of the moon is decreasing
waxing
9 In the crescent phases , the entire moon shines dimly because
Sunlight reflected off the earth
10. the two moons of mars are
Phobos and deimos
11. Compared with the other moons of jupiter , the four galilean moon are
Larger
12. The rings of saturn are probably composed of
Billions of pieces of ice and rock

Critical Thinking
1. how would had craters on the moon be different today if the moon had developed an
atmosphere that had wind and contained water ?
The moon would not had craters because the atmosphere protects it .

2. If meteorite had stopped hitting the moon before the outer surface of the moon cooled why
would the maria noe have developed ?
If it cooled than the water would freeze and the maria would turn into hard rock .