Which Statement Best Describes the Surface of Io

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the surface of Io?

• A) dark and dirty ice, heavily pocked with craters
• B) old and dark on some portion, but cratered with a young bright grooved terrain
• C) icy crust free of craters with a liquid water ocean beneath
• D) covered in active sulfur-based volcanoes
• E) mostly water ice mixed with methane

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