Which of the Following Is NOT Considered Evidence of Cataclysmic

question 82

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, which 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.
• E) Mercury, Earth's Moon, and many other small bodies are covered with many impact craters.

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