Only a Few Thousand Impact Craters Have Been Identified on Venus's

question 41

Multiple Choice

Only a few thousand impact craters have been identified on Venus's surface, even though it, too, would have experienced the same heavy bombardment period that affected Mercury and the moon.Why does Venus appear relatively unscathed?

• A)Venus was not impacted.
• B)The gravitational forces of Mercury deflected the meteorites.
• C)Venus's surface was reshaped by extensive volcanism.
• D)Extensive stream networks buried the impact sites with sediments.

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