Which of the following statements regarding the moon and Earth is correct?

A. Earth and the moon are nearly the same age.

B. Earth is tidally locked, while the moon spins on its axis.

C. The moon is older than Earth by approximately 300 million years.

D. Earth and the moon have nearly the same mass.

A

Explanation:

It is believed that the moon was formed shortly (relative time) after the earth was newly formed. This occurred in a massive planet-sized collision that ejected a huge chunk of the earth out into space. The chunk, still within earth gravitational reach, began orbiting the earth becoming the moon. Both earth and moon are slightly more than 4 billion years old.