What is thought to have caused the craters on Venus?
A) Most are volcanic in origin; some are due to meteoritic impacts.
B) As in the case of Mercury, all the craters are due to meteorite impacts.
C) Because meteorites cannot survive passing through the atmosphere of Venus, all craters mustbe volcanic.
D) Venus has very few craters and their origin is not known.
E) Venus's craters originated during differentiation.
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Q49: Maxwell Mons on Venus is a huge:
A)impact
Q50: Various observations suggest there may be recent
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Q52: Venus has a feature named Aphrodite Terra.
Q53: The atmospheric pressure on Venus:
A)shows an extreme
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Q57: The highest peak on Venus is called:
A)Shif.
B)Gula.
C)Cleopatra.
D)Maxwell.
E)Lakshmi.
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Q59: A characteristic of shield volcanoes is the
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