In describing the early solar system,we discuss solids and vapors but no liquids.Why do we believe liquids were absent?
A) The solar system was too cold to permit liquids to exist.
B) The solar system was too warm to permit liquids to exist.
C) The pressure in the solar nebula was too low to permit liquids to exist.
D) The pressure in the solar nebula was too high to permit liquids to exist.

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The pressure in the solar nebula was too low to permit liquids to exist. In the early stages of the solar system, the low pressure conditions of the solar nebula meant that materials would sublimate directly from solid to gas without passing through a liquid phase.

In Describing the Early Solar System,we Discuss Solids and Vapors