Imagine two hypothetical Earth-sized terrestrial planets, Pl…
Imagine two hypothetical Earth-sized terrestrial planets, Planet A and Planet B, that both possessed an outgassed atmosphere 1 billion years after the birth of the Solar System (recall that the Solar System today is 4.5 billion years old). Given their identical radii, their amounts of vulcanism were the same. Planet A has kept its atmosphere to the present day, while Planet B has lost it, due to the atmospheric gas escaping to space. Which of the following statements could explain the discrepancy? [circle all that apply]
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