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crobinson2013

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on: Jul 27, 2018
Which best describes the surface of Triton?
 
  a. old, dark and cratered with a younger surface marked by ovoids
 b. dark, dirty ice heavily pocked with craters
 c. an icy crust free of craters with a liquid water ocean beneath it
 d. an icy surface dominated by frozen nitrogen, methane, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
  e. an icy surface dominated by frozen methane with a liquid ocean beneath it

Question 2

What makes Neptune's moon Triton stand out from all the other large satellites in the Solar System?
 
  a. originated as a comet
 b. the most geologically active
 c. the most reflective satellite
 d. largest satellite in the Solar System
 e. the only large satellite with a backward orbit


CAPTAINAMERICA

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

e


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