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What Appears to Have Caused the Extensive Cracking and Streaking

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What appears to have caused the extensive cracking and streaking of the surface of Europa?


A) shrinking of the satellite as it cooled, producing extensive wrinkling
B) impacts by cometary debris breaking up the surface
C) expansion of the surface as the ice froze, bending and wrinkling the surface
D) tidal flexing by Jupiter and its other moons, which broke the surface and released water that immediately froze

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