The Moon Quiz - Free Geography Quiz with Answers

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Test your knowledge about the Moon with our fun and informative trivia quiz! This quiz features ten questions with four multiple-choice answers each, covering topics such as the Moon's distance from Earth, its surface features, and famous space missions. From the largest crater to the first spacecraft to land on the Moon, our questions will put your lunar knowledge to the test. Check out the correct answers to each question and learn some new facts along the way!

Question 1:

What is the Moon's average distance from Earth?

A) 238,855 km

B) 384,400 km

C) 493,301 km

D) 632,431 km

1 b

Question 2:

What is the name of the largest crater on the Moon?

A) Tycho

B) Copernicus

C) Kepler

D) Aristarchus

1 b

Question 3:

How long does it take for the Moon to orbit around the Earth?

A) 24 hours

B) 27.3 days

C) 365.25 days

D) 11.86 years

1 b

Question 4:

What is the name of the Moon's largest mare, or dark basaltic plain?

A) Oceanus Procellarum

B) Mare Serenitatis

C) Mare Tranquillitatis

D) Mare Imbrium

1 b

Question 5:

What is the name of the process by which the Moon was formed?

A) Collision hypothesis

B) Capture hypothesis

C) Condensation hypothesis

D) Nebula hypothesis

1 b

Question 6:

What is the name of the first spacecraft to land on the Moon?

A) Luna 1

B) Apollo 8

C) Luna 9

D) Apollo 11

1 b

Question 7:

What is the name of the region on the Moon's surface where temperatures are extremely cold and the sun never shines?

A) Lunar South Pole

B) Lunar North Pole

C) Lunar Equator

D) Lunar Farside

1 b

Question 8:

What is the name of the large, circular plain on the Moon that is visible from Earth and was once believed to be a sea?

A) Oceanus Procellarum

B) Mare Serenitatis

C) Mare Tranquillitatis

D) Mare Imbrium

1 b

Question 9:

What is the name of the phenomenon where the Moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse?

A) Lunar eclipse

B) Blood Moon

C) Harvest Moon

D) Blue Moon

1 b

Question 10:

What is the name of the famous U.S. space program that sent astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s?

A) Voyager program

B) Mercury program

C) Apollo program

D) Gemini program

1 b

Question 11:

What is the approximate age of the Moon?

A) 4.5 billion years

B) 2.5 billion years

C) 1 billion years

D) 500 million years

1 b

Question 12:

What is the name of the phenomenon where the Moon appears larger and brighter than usual due to its close proximity to Earth?

A) Lunar eclipse

B) Blood Moon

C) Supermoon

D) Blue Moon

1 b

Question 13:

What is the name of the theory that suggests the Moon was formed from debris left over after a Mars-sized object collided with Earth?

A) Condensation hypothesis

B) Capture hypothesis

C) Nebula hypothesis

D) Collision hypothesis

1 b

Question 14:

What is the name of the imaginary line that separates the side of the Moon that faces Earth from the side that faces away?

A) Lunar Equator

B) Lunar Prime Meridian

C) Lunar South Pole

D) Lunar North Pole

1 b

Question 15:

What is the name of the phenomenon where the Moon appears to gradually disappear during a lunar eclipse?

A) Total eclipse

B) Partial eclipse

C) Penumbral eclipse

D) Annular eclipse

1 b