The Moon
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We used the Internet to research the moon and wrote some of the facts we found out.
The moon is the 5th largest body in our solar system.
It also has special seas and land and has frozen water it also has been hit by more asteroids.
By Greg and Chase
The earth's moon is the 5th largest moon in the solar system.
The moon has no liquid water, but it does have special seas and land on its surface.
The moon has lava, mountains and craters.
At day time the moon is 100°C during day and at night it is -173° C.
The moon has no light of it's own.
The light on the moon is from the sun.
The moon is more than a quarter size of the earth.
Because the moon is smaller than the earth it has less gravity, and that's why astronauts can float around.
The moon's top layer is rock solid.
Below the rocks is molten lava.
There is no wind on the moon.
A lot of geologists believe the moon may have a small iron core.
By Billy and Gordon
The Earth's Moon is the fifth largest in the whole solar system.
The Moon is smaller than the Earth.
Recently people found frozen water on the moon.
Objects weigh less on the Moon than on the Earth.
Dark areas on the Moon are called Maria.
Lunar rocks from the Moon are 4 billion year old.
By Sonia & Liane
The Moon is the fifth largest in the solar system.
The Moon has special ''seas" and ''land.''
The Moon is made of different layers of rocks.
The Moon has plants on it, but there is no life.
The Moon is smaller than the Earth.
The Moon's gravity is one sixth of the Earth's gravity.
The Moon's lava flows into fill in the basins and formed the Maria.
There are not that many craters in the Maria but a lot in the highlands.
The far side of the moon has only one Maria.
By Kerry and Megan
The Earth's moon is the fifth largest in the whole universe.
The Moon has no liquid water.
The moon special ''seas'' and ''land'' on it's surface.
The Moon has craters, mountain ranges and lava.
If you look at the moon you can see dark regions and light regions.
By Brett and Kyle
The Earth's Moon is the fifth largest in the whole solar system.
Dark areas on the moon are called maria, which means "seas" in latin.
Maria has a few craters and are covered with a type of rock (called basalt).
By Alexandria and Shakia
The moon revolves around the Earth.
The moon has no water.
It is the fifth largest in the solar system.
The moon is smaller than the Earth.
Objects are lighter on the moon.
The moon has rocks like lava.
In the day it is (100° C) and very cold at night (-173° C).
By Brian and Roderick
The moon is smaller than the earth and the fifth largest.
The moon has no water or liquid.
It has seas and land.
There are features such as craters.
The moon has layers of rocks and some lava.
The Apollo astronauts foot prints stays for many years.
The moon has no atmosphere.
There is no weather to erase the foot prints.
The earth's atmosphere acts like a blanket.
The blanket warms the earth even at night.
The moon does not produce it's own light.
The sun's light reflects on to the moon.
The sun is like a light bulb and the moon is like a mirror.
By Emily and Patricia
Things on the moon weigh less because the moon has no gravity.
The moon has a special seas and land.
Dark areas are called ''maria'' on the moon.
The moon has craters, mountain ranges and lava plains.
There is no weather to erase the foot prints.
There is no atmosphere on the moon.
By Clare and Dana
