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Tom reads an article on the internet that claims some lakes on Saturn contain frozen methane. He reads that there is methane on Neptune, too. Which sentence best describes data that would suggest methane is frozen on Neptune?
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Neptune’s atmosphere has more methane than Saturn’s.
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Neptune’s mass is less than Saturn’s.
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Neptune’s surface temperature is colder than Saturn’s.
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Neptune’s distance from the Sun is greater than Saturn’s.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Neptune is an ice giant. Most of its mass is a hot, dense fluid of “icy” materials – water, methane and ammonia – above a small rocky core.
Detailed explanation-2: -Like Jupiter and Saturn, Neptune is a gas giant-a big ball of gas surrounding an Earth-size core of hot liquids rather than rocks or other solid matter. And like fellow “ice giant” Uranus, Neptune’s atmosphere is composed mostly of water, ammonia, and methane. It’s the methane that gives Neptune its striking blue hue.
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