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The cooled lava pools on the surface of a crater are called what?

1. Craters
2. Terrae
3. Maria
4. Reoglith

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Answer:

Maria

Explanation: K12

User Nisanth Sojan
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The answer would be 3. Maria.

Lunar Maria is derived from the Latin word "mare" which means "seas" (Maria is the plural). Early scientists thought that the moon might be made up of oceans and named it thus. The moon is actually made up of dead volcanoes and lava flows, which eventually hardened to make up the Maria of the moon!
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