The Largest Difference Between Mars' Northern and Southern Hemispheres Is

question 41

Multiple Choice

The largest difference between Mars' northern and southern hemispheres is that:

• A) the southern appears older, with more impact craters.
• B) the northern has all the outflows and must have been much hotter.
• C) the northern is higher overall, despite some high volcanoes in the south.
• D) the southern has a polar cap, but none ever forms in the north.
• E) the southern is much darker, with large mare-like basaltic lava flows.

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