Why does the moon have holes?
The moon's holes are called craters, made when space rocks bumped into it.
Pip’s answer
- The moon's holes are called craters, made when space rocks bumped into it.
- Each rock went bump and pushed out a round bowl in the moon dust!
- The moon has no wind or rain, so the bowls stay there for ages.
- Wow-ee, some moon craters are so big a whole city could fit inside!
For grown-ups
The moon's craters were made by asteroids and meteoroids crashing into its surface over billions of years. With no air, wind, rain or plate tectonics to erase them, the craters last for an extremely long time. Some are hundreds of kilometers across.
Ask your child: What shapes can you see in the moon's dark patches?
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