1. Ch. 15 Sec 2 Org
2. Properties of Water
3. Ch. 15 Sec 1
You might think you have to live on the Moon to find a large impact crater such as the one in this photo. Not so. This impact crater in Australia is one of the world’s largest.However, unlike the Moon where impact craters are quite common, impact craters on Earth are
pretty rare.
Questions
1. What does a meteor shower look like? What do you think is happening in a meteor shower?
2. Why is the surface of the Moon struck by objects from space so much more frequently than the surface of Earth?
3. What effect do you think the impact of the meteorite shown above had on the atmosphere?