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The dark areas on the Moon's surface are called maria. The maria cover only 15 percent of the lunar surface. The Maria are lower in altitude than the Highlands, but there is no water on the Moon so they are not literally seas. Mare Imbrium or the Sea of Showers is the largest mare at 700 miles in diameter.
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The maria of the moon are covered with?
The maria of the moon are covered with basalt, a dark volcanic rock generated from ancient volcanic eruptions. This basaltic material formed vast plains on the moon's surface after lava flows filled large impact basins billions of years ago.
What are the dark lava covered lowlands of the moon called?
Maria. (Latin word for sea)
Why are there relatively few craters in the maria of the moon?
The maria on the moon have fewer craters compared to the highlands because they are made of younger, solidified lava flows that have covered and filled in older cratered regions. The volcanic activity that created the maria also played a role in erasing or masking the older impact craters.
Where are seas on the moon?
There are no seas on the moon. The moon's surface is mostly covered by craters, mountains, and plains, but no bodies of water like seas or oceans. The dark areas on the moon that look smooth from Earth are actually large plains of solidified lava called maria.
What are the flat areas on the moon called?
Maria, or "seas", which is what "maria" means.
The maria of the moon are covered with?
The maria of the moon are covered with basalt, a dark volcanic rock generated from ancient volcanic eruptions. This basaltic material formed vast plains on the moon's surface after lava flows filled large impact basins billions of years ago.
Does mercury have maria?
Unlike the earth's moon, Mercury does not have maria.
What percentage of near side of moon consists of lunar maria?
17%
What are the dark lava covered lowlands of the moon are called?
Maria. (Latin word for sea)
What are the dark lava covered lowlands of the moon called?
Maria. (Latin word for sea)
What are correct about the moonathe moon is closet to the earth bmost of the moon surface is covered by rocks with high water contents the maria are ocean areas?
Neither the Earth nor the Moon orbit each other
Why are there relatively few craters in the maria of the moon?
The maria on the moon have fewer craters compared to the highlands because they are made of younger, solidified lava flows that have covered and filled in older cratered regions. The volcanic activity that created the maria also played a role in erasing or masking the older impact craters.
Where was maria on the moon formed?
The maria's on the moon were formed by meteors slamming into it.
Is a new moon when only half the moon is covered?
a new moon is when the moon is completley covered
What percentage is the moon covered with water?
The moon is not covered with water - it is a dry and airless celestial body with no liquid water on its surface. There may be some water ice in shadowed craters, but it is minimal compared to the total surface area of the moon.
Where are seas on the moon?
There are no seas on the moon. The moon's surface is mostly covered by craters, mountains, and plains, but no bodies of water like seas or oceans. The dark areas on the moon that look smooth from Earth are actually large plains of solidified lava called maria.
Why is the moon covered in cheese?
the moon is not covered in cheese it is naturally rocks dust sand etc
