Mercury And The Formation Of The Moon

Front 1

The spacecraft Mariner 10 observed only one impact basin on Mercury. This one is

called the

Back 1

Caloris basin;

Front 2

Mercury has dark colored maria, similar to those on the Moon.

Back 2

False;

Front 3

The average uncompressed density of Mercury is larger than that of the

Earth.

Back 3

True

Front 4

Mercury has a magnetic field.

Back 4

True

Front 5

Seismology is a tool to investigate the interior of a planet using real or artificially

induced 'quakes'. This technique has been employed on Earth and on ……

Back 5

the Moon;

Front 6

The wrinkles or scarps on Mercury indicate that the planet has undergone an event of

… early in its history.

Back 6

compression

Front 7

The theory of binary accretion for the formation of the Moon is also called the ….

theory.

Back 7

sister

Front 8

the fission theory can explain why the Moon is made predominantly of

silicates and why it contains only a small iron core.

Back 8

True

Front 9

the Capture theory is the theory most consistent with the observations

that the Earth and Moon have similar oxygen isotope ratios.

Back 9

False.