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What is the difference between maria highlands and craters?
A Maria is dark while highlands are light short and simple omg.
What is younger on the moon the maria or the craters?
the maria .
Why are there relatively few craters in the maria of the moon?
This area of the Moon has relatively few craters. Explain why this might be.
What are 5 types of landforms on the moon?
craters and maria
Does the moon surface maria have many craters?
Yes
What is the difference between maria highlands and craters?
A Maria is dark while highlands are light short and simple omg.
What is younger on the moon the maria or the craters?
the maria .
Why do craters contain maria?
Craters don't contain maria. 'Maria' (plural) are the large unbroken expanses that appear smooth, with no craters, or relatively few. 'Maria' means 'seas' ... at one time, they were thought to be oceans on the moon.
Why are there so few craters on the maria?
The maria are the craters. I believe it was Galileo who saw the dark spots on the moon and thought that they were seas, which is why he called them maria ("mar" being Latin for sea). Since then, advancements have been made in astronomy which have shown that the maria are not seas, but craters.
What are features on the moons surface?
craters
Why are there relatively few craters in the maria of the moon?
This area of the Moon has relatively few craters. Explain why this might be.
What are 5 types of landforms on the moon?
craters and maria
Does the moon surface maria have many craters?
Yes
What are Galileo's moon observations?
Galileo discovered that between the moons night and day sides the top was sometimes irregular and sometimes the bottom was smooth. He realized the irregularities were because the mountains on the moon.
What are the 3 phases in which the moon evolved. List in order from youngest to oldest?
Origin Crust Maria Basing Rayed Craters
Does the Highlands on the moon appear to have fewer craters than the maria?
No the maria is very flat and HI
Name the three kinds of features that Galileo saw on the Moon's surface?
Craters. Mountainous areas. Also, the dark areas called "maria" are very prominent, mainly on the side of the Moon facing Earth. The whole surface is covered in broken rock and dust. That's why astronauts left footprints.
