The distance to the moon is around 4000 kilometres. The distance to the moon is around 40,000 kilometres. The distance to the moon is around 400,000 kilometres. The distance to the moon is around 4 000 000 kilometres.
2) What is the radius of the moon?
about 170 kilometres about 1730 kilometres about 17300 kilometres
3) Is the barycentre another name for the center of the moon?
Yes No
4) The line separating sunlight and shadow on the Moon is called the ...
separator terminator
5) Who first succeeded in sending photos of the far side (not visible from Earth) of the moon to Earth in 1959 ?
Soviets Americans
6) What is the temperature on the Moon?
around 1 K at night and around 40 K during the day around 10 K at night and around 4000 K during the day around 100 K at night and around 400 K during the day around 10 000 K at night and around 40 000 K during the day
7) The moon has a crust, a mantle and a large, boiling hot metallic core that sometimes cause small volcanic eruptions.
True False
8) Which statement is correct?
Hipparchus understood the Earth was round because during a lunar eclipse he saw that the Earth's shadow was round. Hipparchus was unable to figure out what caused the phases of the Moon.
9) Who's spacecraft was first to first escape from the Earth's gravity and also first to crash-land (successfully) on the Moon?
NASA The Soviets
10) NASA was not successful at all with their Ranger 1 to 6 missions, but was very successful with Ranger 7 to 9.
Correct Not correct
11) Which animals did the Soviets successfully send to the Moon and back?
Dogs Baboons Monkeys Gorillas Tortoises
12) The Apollo 11 crew were: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and ...
Frank Borman James Lovell Michael Collins
13) Based on scientific studies from rocks brought back from the Moon, how old is the Moon?
About 40 000 years About 400 000 years About 4 million years About 4 billion years About 400 billion years
14) The moon does not have seasons.
15) What statement about the moon is false?
The Moon does not have frequent, massive Moonquakes. Meteors that impace the Moon cause small Moonquakes. Most small meteorites are burnt up completely in the Moon's atmosphere.
