In Your Travels Through Space, If You Were to Encounter

question 37

Multiple Choice

In your travels through space, if you were to encounter a planet that was large but had no atmosphere, only pools of liquid, what might have happened?

• A)The planet's atmosphere escaped into space because the force of gravity was too low.
• B)The planet's atmosphere escaped because it was heated too hot and boiled into space.
• C)The atmosphere never formed because there was not enough heat energy available.
• D)Only planets with life have an atmosphere.
• E)none of the above

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