Earth And Moon

The name of Earth’s moon is Luna. Imagine that you have just landed on Luna’s surface.

What do you imagine the surface of our moon is like?

What would it feel like to walk on Luna?

What would you see around you?

 

What are the similarities and differences of the Earth and the moon?

What is it like to walk on the surface of planet Earth?

What would you see around you on our planet?

What do you see on the moon’s surface?

Isidorus D, Lunar Highlands, Moon

Theophilus, Lunar Central Highlands, Moon

Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona 35°02'N, 111°01'W; diameter: 1.186 kilometers (.737 miles); age: 49,000 years

Vredefort, South Africa

Wolf Creek, Western Australia, Australia

Meteor Crater, Arizona, United States

Iturralde, Bolivia

• “How does mass affect the crater?

• What objects make the larger craters?

• What objects make the smaller craters?

• Which objects make deeper craters?

• How can you tell which craters are deeper or wider?”

Vocabulary

moon Earth

gravity revolve

meteoroid crater

weathering landforms

What are the similarities and differences of the Earth and the Moon? Work in teams to read and play a sorting of terms

game to discover the answers!