Our Moon - Page 7

Questions
  • Do living things have to live on the surface of a planet or moon? Where else on a planet or moon could scientists look for evidence of life?
  • In A Midsummer Night's Dream, who is the queen of the fairies?
  • On what part of the moon did the first astronauts land?
  • Why do the gas giants have more moons than the terrestrial planets?
  • What is the smallest of Jupiter's moons?
  • What was the solar system like when the moon formed?
  • How does the sun's gravitational attraction to the earth compare to that of the moon?
  • How does Mercury compare to Earth's moon?
  • Approximately how many million kilometers from the Sun is the Asteroid Belt?
  • What moons are bigger than our moon?
  • Which two planets have the least number of moons?
  • Identify the feature that covers much of the moon's surface. What did Galileo see when he observed this feature through a telescope?
  • How did lunar craters and maria form?
  • Scientists think several moons of outer planets may have liquid water. How could it be warm enough for liquid water to exist that far from the Sun?
  • What causes a total lunar eclipse?
  • What happens on the moon with a feather and a hammer and why?
  • Why would Saturn be able to float on water?
  • What advantage might there be in placing a telescope on the moon?
  • Why don't objects in Saturn's rings get pulled into the planet?