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1.  What is currently the most widely accepted theory of how and when the Moon was formed?

2.  Why do we on Earth always view the same side of the Moon?

3.  Why is there no gradual daily temperature change on the Moon?

4.  What causes erosion on the Moon's surface?

5.  What is breccia?

6.  What are the maria, and how did they get that name?

7.  Answer BOTH of the following questions in the space below:

A)  What are mascons?

B)  How were they discovered?

8.  What is "moonlight"?

9.  What probably caused most Moon craters?

10.  What significant discovery about the Moon was made in 1996?

11.  What are rays and rilles on the Moon?

12.  Explain the basic difference between a moonquake and an earthquake.

13.  Answer BOTH of the following questions in the space below:

A)  What are the phases of the Moon?

B)  What does "gibbous" mean?

14.  What causes a lunar eclipse to occur?

15.  What are some practical reasons for exploring the Moon?