The Moon

Over the past 15,000 years, people have used the moon as:

The Giant Impact Theory thinks that the Earth collided with a planet the size of _____.

Many of these have hit the moon, breaking up rock and creating a fine powdery dust.

In 1609 AD, this man saw the moon through a telescope and realized it was another world.

How many moons are in our solar system?

United States astronauts first landed on the moon in which year?

The side of the moon that always faces away from Earth is called ________

The extreme temperatures on the moon range from -240 at night to _____ during the day.

No atmosphere on the moon means that there is also no _________.

Moon rocks are similar to rocks found in this U.S. state.

The moon affects the rise and fall of these on Earth

Earth has more of this metal in it than the moon.

The moon is ___ the size of the Earth.

The Giant Impact Theory says that the moon formed in less than a ________.

The meteorite impact basins are dark because they filled in with _______.