Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.

  1. Approximately what is the rotation period of the Moon?
    • 1 year
    • 6 months
    • 1 month 
    • 1 day
  2. How was the Moon formed?
    • Captured by Earth's gravitational field
    • From a collision with a Mars sized object and Earth
    • Simultaneously with Earth
    • Fission of the Moon from Earth's crust through centrifugal force
    • Scientists still do not know
  3. What time does the full Moon rise?
    • Midnight
    • Noon
    • Sunset, approximately 6 PM
    • Sunrise, approximately 6 AM
  4. Which side of the Moon has more craters?
    • Towards the Earth
    • Away from the Earth
    • The side leading its orbit
    • Impossible to tell due to erosion
  5. You see the Moon on the meridian at sunrise. What is the phase of the Moon?
    • Waxing Gibbous
    • Full
    • First Quarter
    • Third Quarter