What are the dark and light areas of the Moon called?
How did the Moon form? Draw the phases of the Moon as would be seen from Earth in the circles and label the phases. Indicate where the eclipses would occur (with proper name) and what tides are occurring in the oceans.
The dark areas are young plains called maria and are composed of basalt. The basalt flowed in and flooded the area created by a huge impact with an asteroid or comet. The light areas are the highlands, which are mountains that were uplifted as a result of impacts.
How did the Moon form?
Moon formation began when a giant object collided with the Earth, giant chunks of material ejected into space from Earth's mantle, chunks clumped together and formed the moon.
Label the seasons in their proper order and location. Also indicate solstices and equinoxes.
