Jessica took a mylar balloon outside on a very cold day. as she waited for the bus the balloon began to shrink. what is the best explanation of this?

Because the balloon is closed, the number of helium atoms inside doesn’t change as you cool it or warm it. But that doesn’t indicate that the balloon’s size is fixed. What is happening here is related to the relationship between three important properties of a gas: its temperature, its pressure, and its volume. As the balloon is cooled down, its volume decreases so as to keep the internal pressure in balance with the ambient air pressure. When the balloon is heated later on, the volume increases to maintain this same pressure balance.

answer;

d. are made mostly of liquid

explanation;

-the general   composition and structure planets includes; they have a thick gas and liquid layer covering a small,solid core. mostly the gases are hydrogen and helium atmosphere and layers of liquid hydrogen. for instance neptune and uranus are examples of the outer planets, they have a core covered by ice and ammonia.

-neptune's atmosphere is hydrogen and helium with a bit of methane so there is no oxygen to breath and the interior is made up of frozen water and ammonia with a rock and iron core. thus, there is no liquid water or solid surface to survive.