Scientists Are Confident That the Moon Does Not Have a Large

question 37

Multiple Choice

Scientists are confident that the Moon does not have a large, dense nickel-iron core because

• A) the Moon's surface rocks are similar in density to the Moon's average density.
• B) deep samples taken by the Apollo astronauts found almost no iron.
• C) the Earth's magnetic field would pull anything with a lot of iron into the Earth.
• D) unmanned Soviet missions drilled into the Moon's core and did not find iron.
• E) a thick atmosphere is required for there to be a metal core.

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