What is the earth's moon covered in?

Answer 1

The Earth's moon, also known simply as "the Moon," is covered in a layer of loose material called regolith. Regolith is a mixture of fragmented rock, dust, and soil that has been created over billions of years by impacts from meteoroids, asteroids, and other celestial bodies. It's essentially a layer of "soil" on the Moon's surface, but it's quite different from Earth's soil.

The Moon's regolith is made up of various types of rocks, including basalt, which is a dark volcanic rock, and anorthosite, a lighter-colored rock composed mainly of a mineral called plagioclase feldspar. The regolith also contains small glass beads formed by the intense heat of impacts.

Because the Moon lacks a substantial atmosphere and geological processes like weathering and erosion are minimal, the regolith on its surface remains relatively unchanged over long periods of time. This makes the Moon's surface a sort of record of the impacts it has experienced throughout its history.

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Answer 2

The Earth's moon is covered in a layer of rock and dust called regolith. It is made up of crushed rock, soil, and dust that has accumulated over billions of years from meteoroid impacts and other processes.

Answer 3

Scientists think at this time that the moon was formed when a planet-like object crashed into the molten and still growing earth. The material that got ejected from the molten earth, mixed with some material from the other object, eventually coalesced into the moon. Whatever core material (iron?) existed in the other object sank to the center of the unified body and became part of what is now earth's iron core. So there is no geographical location on earth that we can point to and say that is where the moon split off.

Answer 4

INTRO:

Our closest neighbor in space is the moon. What is the moon? The moon is the brightest object in the night time, but surprisingly does not give off any of its own light. When the moon "shines" it is actually just reflecting light from the sun. Some nights, the moon appears as a round globe and others it appears to be a thin slice. In reality, the moon does not change in shape or size and its appearance changes as different parts of it are lighted by the sun.

The moon travels around the earth once every 27 1/3 days. The average distance between our satellite is about 238,857 miles across. By rocket, it would take six days to travel to and from the moon.

Since the moon is fairly close to the earth, it seems larger than the stars and even as large as the sun. It is 2,160 miles across and is 400 times smaller than the sun. The moon has no life on it in any form. It has not changed much over the years. The moon has no air, wind, or water. The sky is always black and the stars can always be seen. At night the temperature becomes colder than any place on earth and in the day time, the temperature of the rocks is higher than boiling water. WHAT THE MOON IS LIKE:

When we look at the moon, it looks like a smooth sphere with dark and light patches of gray. In the 1600's, Galileo was able to see other features as well. With field glasses or a simple telescope one can see that the dark patches are flat plains, called maria. Mare are lowland rocks that are covered with a thin layer of rocky soil. The light spots are parts on the moon where it is mountainous, called the highlands. Most of the maria were formed about 3.3 to 3.8 billion years ago by lava flows.

Craters are the most abundant properties on the moon. The moon has craters inside of craters and some that even connect to one another. The small craters are bowl-shaped. Large craters are rimmed by mountains and have steep, terraced walls. The largest crater is the Imbrium Basin, which is 700 miles wide. It's floor is covered by dark lava, forming one "eye" of the moon.

Some craters are called ray craters because they are surrounded by light gray strips. These rays look like bright splashes of material that extend in many directions. Secondary craters are formed in the rays by rocks thrown out of the ray craters. These rays are composed of broken rock.

The formation of small craters was caused by the impact of meteoroids. Larger craters were formed by comets or asteroids which hit the moon. These are much larger than meteoroids. It is believed that the moon's largest craters must have been formed by planetesimals, solid objects that may have even formed the moon.

Some of the craters on the moon resemble the volcanic craters on our earth. These craters are often found on tops of small mountains or hills. Some of the mountains are as tall as the ones we see on earth. In addition to mountains, the moon has narrow valleys, called rilles. Rilles are straight and were probably the result of the outer crust cracking. Sinuous rilles are winding valleys that look almost like riverbeds. It seems that these were formed from lava flow.

Answer 5

The surface of the moon is made up of aluminum, oxygen, calcium, silicon, and iron.

Answer 6

Rock and powdered rock, called "regolith".

Answer 7

The moon is composed of Swiss cheese made by an ancient Guggisberg dairy farmer.

Answer 8

The moon's surface is made of igneous rocks such as anorthosite and basalts. In places they are broken up by meteor impacts and are then called breccia.

Answer 9

The surface of the moon is covered in craters and valleys. It is also covered in areas called "maria" which are the light spots around craters.

Answer 10

Moon has a rough and rocky surfave with ice at poles and some lava above and under surfaces.