What Would Happen to Earth If We Somehow Moved Our

question 96

Multiple Choice

What would happen to Earth if we somehow moved our planet to the orbit of Venus?

• A)Temperatures would rise only slightly,but enough to melt the polar caps.
• B)The fact that we have oceans would moderate the temperature change due to moving our planet,so temperature would hardly change at all.
• C)Being so much closer to the Sun would almost immediately cause the surface of Earth to melt,and all our cities would then be destroyed by the hot lava.
• D)Earth would suffer a runaway greenhouse effect and become as hot or hotter than Venus.

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