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The largest shield volcano yet discovered is
 
  A) Maxwell Mons on Venus.
  B) Kilimanjaro on Earth.
  C) Olympus Mons on Mars.
  D) Prometheus on Io.
  E) Caloris on Mercury.

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What is causing the Trifid Nebula to glow?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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

C

Answer to Question 2

In this nebula, there is a single energetic star that is producing enough electromagnetic radiation to ionize much of the nebula. When electrons recombine with hydrogen atoms, the photon released is red, causing the characteristic red glow.


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