How much do you know about the Moon? Test your knowledge by taking the Moon quiz. All you need to do is click on an answer for each question. Have fun!
1: What color is the Moon when we see it in the sky?
a) Light purple
b) Lime green
c) White or grayish-white
3: Which statement is true?
a) The Moon is a dwarf planet.
b) The Moon is an asteroid.
c) The Moon orbits Earth.
5: Which statement is true?
a) The Moon is bigger than Earth.
b) Earth is bigger than the Moon.
c) Earth and the Moon are about the same size.
7: Which of these statements is true?
a) The Moon creates its own light.
b) The Moon is lit by light from the Sun.
c) The Moon is lit by lightning bugs on its surface.
11: What is at the center of the Moon?
a) A ball of iron
b) Gas
c) A ball of wood
13: How large is the Moon’s biggest crater?
a) Large enough to cover all of South America
b) Large enough to cover Connecticut
c) Large enough to cover half of the United States
15: On what date did the first people walk on the Moon?
a) July 20, 1969
b) July 20, 1989
c) January 2, 1969
19: What did the LCROSS space probe discover on the Moon?
a) Tiny pieces of ice
b) Tiny pieces of cheese
c) Signs that plants once grew on the Moon
4: How wide is the Moon across?
a) Just under 10 miles (16 km)
b) 2,159 miles (3,475 km)
c) About 1,000 miles (1,600 km)
6: How long does it take the Moon to orbit Earth once?
a) Just over 27 days
b) 365 days
c) Just over 1 hour
8: What is the surface of the Moon like?
a) Covered with rocks and thick, gray dust
b) Crisscrossed with rivers
c) Covered with large oceans
10: What kind of atmosphere does the Moon have?
a) An atmosphere made of oxygen
b) An atmosphere made of poisonous gases
c) The Moon has no atmosphere.
12: How were the Moon’s craters formed?
a) By spacecraft crashing into the Moon
b) By asteroids and comets hitting the Moon’s surface
c) By eruptions of water from beneath the Moon’s surface
14: Where does the Moon get its name?
a) From the name of the Roman god of the sky
b) From a very old word for “month”
c) From a very old word for “neighbor”
16: Who were the first two astronauts to walk on the Moon?
a) Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong
b) Buzz Lightyear and Neil Armstrong
c) Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
20: How many moons are there in the solar system?
a) 25 moons
b) Earth’s Moon is the only moon in the solar system.
c) At least 170 moons
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