Author Question: What is the giant impact hypothesis for the origin of the Moon? A) The Moon originally was about ... (Read 81 times)

saliriagwu · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

What is the giant impact hypothesis for the origin of the Moon?

A) The Moon originally was about the same size as Earth, but a giant impact blasted most of it away so that it ended up much smaller than Earth.
B) The Moon formed just like the Earth, from accretion in the solar nebula.
C) The Moon formed when two gigantic asteroids collided with one another.
D) The Moon formed from material blasted out of the Earth's mantle and crust by the impact of a Mars-size object.

Question 2

For differentiation to have occurred, the Earth's interior must have been ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word