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QUESTION 1 Why is Mars's Valles Marineris so much bigger than any canyon system on Earth? Answer: because it was produced by O impacts from space enormous amounts of flooding by water erosion due to Mars's high-speed winds huge underground magma flows 0 0

QUESTION 1 Why is Mars's Valles Marineris so much bigger than any canyon system on Earth? Answer: because it was produced by O impacts from space enormous amounts of flooding by water erosion due to Mars's high-speed winds huge underground magma flows 0 0

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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### Transcript for Educational Website #### Question 1 **Why is Mars's Valles Marineris so much bigger than any canyon system on Earth?** Answer: because it was produced by - impacts from space - enormous amounts of flooding by water - erosion due to Mars's high-speed winds - huge underground magma flows #### Question 2 **Why does Mars have such enormous volcanoes, dwarfing anything we have here on Earth?** Answer: because Mars has - a thin atmosphere - no liquid water - no plate tectonics - no magnetic field #### Question 3 **Mars has no liquid water on its surface today because** - it's always too cold - it has no plate tectonics - it has no large moon - its atmosphere is too thin
Transcribed Image Text:### Transcript for Educational Website #### Question 1 **Why is Mars's Valles Marineris so much bigger than any canyon system on Earth?** Answer: because it was produced by - impacts from space - enormous amounts of flooding by water - erosion due to Mars's high-speed winds - huge underground magma flows #### Question 2 **Why does Mars have such enormous volcanoes, dwarfing anything we have here on Earth?** Answer: because Mars has - a thin atmosphere - no liquid water - no plate tectonics - no magnetic field #### Question 3 **Mars has no liquid water on its surface today because** - it's always too cold - it has no plate tectonics - it has no large moon - its atmosphere is too thin
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