Which of the Following Is NOT Considered Evidence of Cataclysmic

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT considered evidence of cataclysmic impacts in the history of our Solar System?

• A) Uranus is "tipped over" so that it rotates on its side.
• B) Valles Marineris on Mars is a huge scar, many times deeper than the Grand Canyon, and spans one-fourth the circumference of the planet.
• C) Mercury has crust that has buckled on the opposite side of an impact crater.
• D) Mimas has a crater whose diameter is roughly one-third of the Moon's size.

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Deductive Argument

A type of logic where specific conclusions are drawn from general principles or premises, with the conclusion necessarily following from the premises.

Deductive Argument

A logical process in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the given premises.

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A deductive argument where the form is such that the conclusion must be true if the premises are assumed to be true.

Premises

Statements or propositions from which a conclusion is drawn in an argument, assumed to be true.