chapter 22 section 3 earth’s moon. earth vs. moon 3,475 km 12,756 km earth has 1 natural satellite...
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Chapter 22 Section 3
Earth’s Moon
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Earth vs. Moon
3,475 km
12,756 km
• Earth has 1 natural satellite the Moon
• No specific name other than Moon
• Unusual because of size in comparison to parent planet (Earth)
• Density is 3.3 X that of water (= to mantle rocks on E)• M core=
small• E density is
5.5 X that of water
• Gravity 1/6th of E• 150 lb = 25 lb
Moon is ~1/4th the size of
Earth!
~238,000 miles
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Earth’s Tides & The Moon
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A Trip Inside the Moon
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Apollo Missions• Most of Moon information gathered from Apollo missions (6 landed on Moon’s surface 1969-1972).• CBS News Coverage Apollo 11
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Space Race1955-1972
• What was the space race?• Who won the space race?
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Surface of the Moon• Craters: round depressions
– Produced by impact of rapidly moving debris– Many craters present due to lack of atmosphere
& no tectonic activity– Rays: “splash” marks (dust) radiated from
crater on impact (like sun “rays”)
• Highlands: densely pitted, light-colored areas (mountain-like)– Highest peaks ~8 km (1 km shorter than Mt.
Everest)
• Maria: dark, relatively smooth areas made of basaltic lava (singular mare latin for sea)– Originated from asteroids punctured surface
magma slowly seeped from below surface– Rilles: long channels that were once filled with
ancient lava flows (collapsed lava tubes [like a hose with no H2O flowing])
• Regolith: soil-like layer on surface; gray debris/dust from impact; ~3 m thick
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What does the surface of the Moon look like?
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Principle of Cross-Cutting• Why must have the rays (rayed craters)
formed after the maria & rayless craters?
• They cross-cut them!• Older cross is cut by
younger; the one cutting is younger than the one being cut
• Rock A (cutting) is younger than Rock B (being cut)
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Moon’s First Birthday• Origin of Moon: Impact Theory
– During solar system formation– Body about the size of Mars impacted Earth– Liquefied Earth’s surface & ejected crustal & mantle
rock • This debris entered orbit around Earth & accreted to form
Moon
• Support: 1. Iron-poor mantle & crustal rocks Moon’s core2. Zinc isotopes
• Traces of zinc found on Moon more heavy/less light in comparison to Earth
• Moon went through intense evaporation (heat) event early on
• Intense temperatures allowed lighter zinc isotopes to evaporate leaving behind more of the heavier zinc isotopes
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Impact Theory
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Timeline of Moon’s Life1. Formation: formed
very “quickly” (few million yrs)
2. Early: formed as liquid and differentiated– Meteor impacted
solid crust ~4 billion yrs ago (highlands)
3. Volcanic: lava flows filled basins caused by impacts (~3 billion yrs ago) creating maria
4. Inactive: geoglocially dead for last 3 billion yrs (core solidified)