How Are the Polar Regions of Mercury and the Moon

question 5

Multiple Choice

How are the polar regions of Mercury and the Moon similar?

• A)Both are covered by huge mare-type basins from impacts.
• B)Both seem to have ice pockets in the deepest, darkest crater floors.
• C)Both have bright dry ice polar caps, like Mars.
• D)Both have lakes of liquid water under their regolith.
• E)Both have been hit by large comets that melted there.

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Photopigment Rhodopsin

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