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The large dark patches on the Moon's surface are known as ____.
The large dark patches on the Moon's surface are known as ____.
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The correct option is B Maria or sea as it is filled with lava.
- The surface of the moon is covered in huge dark spots, visible from Earth even with the naked eye. These patches are known as Maria - a Latin word meaning 'seas'.
- Maria are huge basins containing lava flows marked by craters, ridges, faults, and straight and meandering valleys called rilles and are devoid of water. They were formed beginning about 3.9 billion years ago during a period of intense bombardment by asteroid-sized bodies.
- The surface of the moon is covered in huge dark spots, visible from Earth even with the naked eye. These patches are known as Maria - a Latin word meaning 'seas'.
- Maria are huge basins containing lava flows marked by craters, ridges, faults, and straight and meandering valleys called rilles and are devoid of water. They were formed beginning about 3.9 billion years ago during a period of intense bombardment by asteroid-sized bodies.
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