The Theory That Mercury Shrank Slightly When It Was Young

question 56

Multiple Choice

The theory that Mercury shrank slightly when it was young has been proposed to explain Mercury's

• A) extended lava plains.
• B) large craters.
• C) magnetic field.
• D) lobate scarps.
• E) regolith.

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