alleryStart learning →The thermosphere can reach 1500 °C, yet it would not feel hot. Why?
AIts gas is very thin
BIt is full of ice
CWind cools it quickly
DIt has thick clouds
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Its gas is very thin
The gas molecules are so far apart that temperature in the usual sense is not meaningful there.
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