The Number of Impact Craters on the Slopes of Tharsis

question 84

Multiple Choice

The number of impact craters on the slopes of Tharsis volcanoes suggests that they have been inactive

• A) since Mars formed 4.6 billion years ago
• B) for at least a billion years
• C) for at least tens of millions of years
• D) only for the last few hundred years

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