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Planetary Science

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By: James Waterman
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Decks in this class (15)

Chapter 3 Volcanism
Volcanism definition 1,
Effusive volcanism 2,
Explosive volcanism 3
13  cards
Chapter 4 Planetary Surface Processes
Why is there little evidence of i...,
What affects asteroidal material ...,
First line of evidence for meteor...
39  cards
Chapter 5 Atmospheres
Escape velocity equation and defi...,
What is the exosphere 2,
Why is mercurys atmosphere so thin 3
44  cards
Chapter 6 The Giant Planets
What is heat excess 1,
What does a magnetic field tell u...,
What are the 4 suspected layers o...
30  cards
Chapter 7 Minor Bodies Of The Solar System
Keplers first law 1,
What are the semi major and semi ...,
What are the focus points of an e...
38  cards
Chapter 8 Origin Of The Solar System
What is a circumstellar disc 1,
What is the jeans mass 2,
What is cloud fragmentation 3
27  cards
Chapter 9 Meteorites a record of formation
What is a meteorite fall 1,
What is a meteorite find 2,
What is a meteoroid 3
24  cards
IA Chapter 1 Origin Of Life
How do we define life 1,
Why is carbon the perfect molecul...,
Why is water essential for life 3
61  cards
Ia Chapter 2 A Habitable World
What does a habitable planet requ...,
What is a circumstellar habitable...,
Planet effective temperature equa...
55  cards
TMA 2 Revision
Why would a planet with an atmosp...,
How can spectroscopy detect molec...,
Describe how light curve variatio...
6  cards
IA Chapter 3 Mars
What reaction series occurs to ma...,
Can mars support life 2,
Why did the viking experiments re...
24  cards
Chapter 4 Icy Bodies
What causes the ball of string ap...,
Why is the older ice lighter than...,
What are chaos areas on europa 3
16  cards
Chapter 5 - Titan
What are two conditions that aris...,
Equilibrium constant equation 2,
Why are there so many carbon chai...
17  cards
Topic 6 The Detection Of Exoplanets
What is drakes equation 1,
What is required of an object if ...,
Flux brightness equation 3
37  cards
Chapter 7 The Nature Of Exoplanetary Systems
What are the two prominent method...,
How are exoplanets named 2,
Why are m dwarf stars not initial...
9  cards

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