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What is the moon's albedo?
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What are the highlands on the moon?
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Mountainous areas, craters on top of craters
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How big is the Copernicus Crater on the moon?
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80km across
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What is the biggest crater on the moon?
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Bailey crater at 295km
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What is the maria on the moon?
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"Seas," very smooth lowlands, few craters
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What are the rilles on the moon?
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Channels that look like rivers, hundreds of km long, collapsed lava tubes
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What is the terminator on the moon?
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Edge between lighted and dark side
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What kind of rock is on the moon?
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All igneous
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What are the anorthosites from the highlands made up of?
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Light in color and density, oldest, cooled slowly, mostly aluminum, calcium and silica
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What are the basalts from the maria made up of?
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Dark and heavy, mostly iron and magnesium, gas bubbles in some, cooled fast
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How old is the moon?
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About 4.6 billion years old
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Does the moon have an internal magnetic field?
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No
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Spring tides
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Moon and sun work together, greatest range
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Neap tides
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Moon and sun work opposite, least tide range
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What is mercury's rotation?
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Synchronus
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