The Smooth,dark Maria on the Moon Are

question 95

Multiple Choice

The smooth,dark maria on the Moon are:

• A) immense impact basins that are smooth because they were covered by lava flows after the early, heavy bombardment had ended.
• B) immense impact basins that are smooth because earlier craters were wiped out by the impact.
• C) areas that were still molten at the time of the early, heavy bombardment and therefore show no evidence of the impacts.
• D) regions that, although as old as the cratered highlands, escaped the early, heavy bombardment.

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