Ice is common in our solar system, from deposits at the poles of Mercury and the Moon to ice-covered moons and rings around distant Jupiter and Saturn. Scientists are studying ice on Earth and on other planets, in part because ice deposits could be a source of water for future explorers in the solar system.

While the most common type of ice in our solar system is water ice, there are also many other types of ice. Mars’ poles have abundant amounts of frozen carbon dioxide (also called dry ice), and comets have frozen ammonia and methane in addition to frozen water and other ices. Saturn’s moon Titan is famous for its methane, which can exist not only as a liquid and gas at Titan’s surface temperatures and pressures, but also as solid ice.

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#1. Select the best evidence to support the statement 'Planets and moons are not the only places where one can find water in our solar system.' There may be more than one correct choice.

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