What happened to most of Mars's past atmospheric carbon dioxide? It was lost along with most of the atmosphere by a giant impact It was absorbed by surface rocks It was dissolved into its ancient oceans and then lost when those went away It was siphoned off by Venus It was converted into other gasses

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Ancient ocean ridges
Glacial deposits
Irrigation channels for extinct Martians
Volcanoes
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What happened to most of Mars's past atmospheric carbon dioxide?
It was lost along with most of the atmosphere by a giant impact
It was absorbed by surface rocks
It was dissolved into its ancient oceans and then lost when those went away
It was siphoned off by Venus
It was converted into other gasses
Transcribed Image Text:D Ancient ocean ridges Glacial deposits Irrigation channels for extinct Martians Volcanoes Tectonic fractures Question 15 What happened to most of Mars's past atmospheric carbon dioxide? It was lost along with most of the atmosphere by a giant impact It was absorbed by surface rocks It was dissolved into its ancient oceans and then lost when those went away It was siphoned off by Venus It was converted into other gasses
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