Which statement best describes the surface of Europa?
A) dark and dirty ice, heavily pocked with craters
B) old and dark on some portion, but cratered with a young bright grooved terrain
C) icy crust free of craters with a liquid water ocean beneath
D) covered in active sulfur-based volcanoes
E) mostly water ice mixed with methane

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Europa's surface is characterized by a relatively smooth, young, ice-covered crust with very few craters, indicating geologic activity that may include a subsurface ocean beneath the ice.

Which Statement Best Describes the Surface of Europa