Craters Many formed from meteor

impact or volcanoes Ex: Tycho – near south

pole, has rays (streaks coming out of crater due to meteor explosion)

6 Craters to know:Tycho, Copernicus, Plato, Alphonsus, Ptolemaus, KeplerBonus: Hercules & Atlas, Clavius

7A-2 Features of the moon

Identify what the arrows

are pointing

to

Identify what is circled

Maria (singular: mare) Dark areas of the moon Once thought to be seas Actually flat lowland plains with hardened lava

Largest = Mare Imbirium (sea of rains) Others to know = Mare Crisium, Mare

Fecunditatis, Mare Frigoris, Mare Nectaris, Mare Serenitatis, Mare Tranqulitatis

Mountains Many mountains border the maria Rise abruptly from plains, up to 8

km high, steep slopes

Mountains to know:Alps, Apennines, Caucasus, Carpathians,

Jura, Pyrenees, Haemus

Rills Long narrow valleys, look like rivers

but begin/end abruptly (may have been paths for molten lava)

Unique size Moon is 100 times larger than average

moon in solar system Moon to planet ratio is 10 times bigger

(except for Pluto/Charon) Moon created as a lesser light to

rule the night (large enough to light evening sky)

Most cultures have used the moon to mark time

Unique Features

Label Me!