Weathering and erosion do not occur on the moon and this statement best explains why the moon has more craters than earth. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option or option "2". This is the reason the craters never fill up in the moon. I hope the answer comes to your help.
A Batholiths is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock, larger than 100 square kilometres in area, that forms from cooled magma deep in the earth's crust.
The Mesosphere is the layer of the atmosphere that protects the Earth from meteoroids. It is also the coldest layer of the atmosphere. Below it is the stratosphere and above it is the thermosphere.