Why Does the Moon Have a Layer of "Powdery Soil

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Multiple Choice

Why does the Moon have a layer of "powdery soil" on its surface?

• A) It is the result of countless tiny impacts by small particles striking the Moon.
• B) Recent, large impacts shattered lunar rock to make this soil.
• C) It is made by the same processes that make powdery sand on Earth.
• D) It exists because the Moon accreted from powdery material after a giant impact blasted the Earth.

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