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Lecture 2: Matter The Stuff of Life: Part I: The Bonds of Life
5 bonding types attractive forces 1,
Ionic bonding 2,
Covalent bonding 3
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Lecture 3: Matter the Stuff of Planets and Life: Part II: It’s all about Phases
4 states of matter 1,
Quark stars and black holes keep ...,
How do you read a phase diagram 3
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Lecture 4: Fundamentals of Life I: Molecules
What are the chnops elements 1,
Why is carbon the basis of life 2,
What are the 4 classes of biologi...
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Lecture 5: Fundamentals of Life II: Cells
Types of cells 1,
Major features of a cell 2,
How do membranes form 3
10
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Lecture 6: Astrochemistry: Organics in Space
How do you detect organics in spa...,
What is the structure and importa...,
What is the importance of radiati...
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Lecture 7: Phylogenetic Trees: The Diversity of Life
What are the taxonomic groups of ...,
What are the principles behind th...,
What is the difference between ho...
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Lecture 8: Energy and Life
What is the electron transfer cha...,
What is chemiosmosis and how does...,
What is anaerobic respiration 3
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Lecture 9: Life in Extremes
What are extremophiles inc example 1,
2 adaptions to extremes and their...,
How membrane changes allow for ad...
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Lecture 10: Limits of Life
High temperature limit 1,
Low temperature limit 2,
High pressure limit 3
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Lecture 11: A Cosmological Perspective
Keplers third law 1,
Newton s first law 2,
Centripetal force and how to use ...
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Lecture 12: Radiation and Matter
Different regions of the electrom...,
Relationship between frequency an...,
Doppler effect and how to use it 3
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Lecture 13: The Life and Death of Stars
What are low mass stars 1,
What happens in the core of low m...,
How to estimate energy generated ...
15
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Lecture 14: Formation of Planets
What is the basic way in which pl...,
How do we estimate the disc lifet...,
How might solids grow in the disc 3
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Lecture 15: The Solar System
Different types of bodies in sola...,
How to determine age of solar sys...,
The planets and their moons 3
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Lecture 16: Exoplanets I
What is astrometry and what are i...,
How to determine a stars radial v...,
How to determine a planets semima...
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Lecture 17: Exoplanets II
What is spectroscopy for exoplane...,
3 methods of spectroscopy 2,
What are primary and secondary ec...
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Lecture 18: Habitability
What is the habitable zone 1,
How do planets lose internal heat 2,
How do you determine surface temp...
10
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Lecture 19: Earth: The First Billion Years
Describe differentiation 1,
What are the basic ideas behind t...,
What are the basic theories for t...
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Lecture 20: Origin of Life: Hypothesis
Why is life difficult to define a...,
How does the rna world theory work 2,
What happened between replicating...
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Lecture 21: Origin of Life: Environments
What are the basic requirements f...,
Why are hydrothermal vents a loca...,
What is one other location though...
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Lecture 22: Evidence for Life on Early Earth
Give examples of isotopic morphol...,
What are the complications in det...,
How does laboratory work show us ...
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Lecture 23: History of the Earth and the Great Oxidation Event
What is the basic structure of ea...,
What is the nature of plate tecto...,
What is the nature of the rock cy...
12
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Lecture 24: Mass Extinctions
What are extinctions and why do t...,
What are some causes of extinctio...,
What is the general trend of anim...
8
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Lecture 25/26: Mars
What is the history of water on m...,
What are the major factors that i...,
What are the geophysical and atmo...
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Lecture 27: Icy World I
Why does europa have promise for ...,
Give atleast two lines of evidenc...,
What evidence is there for a youn...
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Lecture 28: Icy Moons and Life II
What is some evidence for habitab...,
How are the geysers of enceladus ...,
What is the main feature of titan...
6
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Lecture 29: Habitability
What is habitability and what are...,
Give and elaborate on arguments a...,
What is the habitable zone and wh...
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Lecture 30: Life on Exoplanets
Explain how atmospheric chemistry...,
Explain how some gases can be use...,
Why do we have to be careful of f...
7
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Lecture 31: SETI
What are the main methods used in...,
What is an example of efforts to ...,
What is the fermi paradox and wha...
5
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