Which of the Following Does Not Provide Evidence That Mars

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following does not provide evidence that Mars once had large amounts of flowing water?

• A)the presence of what looks like dried-up riverbeds
• B)the presence of impact craters that appear to have formed in mud
• C)the presence of vast canals discovered in the late 1800s by Giovanni Schiaparelli and mapped by Percival Lowell
• D)rocks of many different types jumbled together,as would occur if there had once been a great flood in the region,found by the Mars Pathfinder
• E)some very old craters that appear to have been eroded by rain

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