Author Question: In your travels through space, if you were to encounter a planet that was large but had no ... (Read 46 times)

beccaep · **on:** Aug 27, 2018

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

Question 2

In your travels through space, if you were to encounter a planet that was very large but had no atmosphere, 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