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Decks in this class (19)

Backround / Introductory Information (Week 1 full)
When was the evidence for early l...,
What is the rare earth hypothesis,
What is the goldilocks zone
14  cards
Titan
What moon is titan,
What is so unique about titan,
What is its atmosphere like
15  cards
Venus (Week 2 Planets)
What are the key points of venus ...,
What is venus atmosphere like,
What is the magnetic field of ven...
8  cards
Mars (Week 2)
What is mars planet profile,
Why is mars hostile,
What is mars core like
15  cards
Moons ( Week 2 planets)
How does the moon benefit earth,
What side of the moon is the dark...,
What does europas ice crust densi...
3  cards
Habitability (week 3)
What is the habitable zone,
What is the faint sun paradox,
Transition from hadean earth to m...
19  cards
Extremophiles (Week 6)
What is an extremophile,
What are factors used to describe...,
Thermophile dump
13  cards
biosignatures (week 6)
What are organics,
What mission helped to find biosi...,
What experiments were done with t...
6  cards
Origin of life (week 4)
When did the central dogma origin...,
What is the bottom up perspective...,
What is the top down approach in ...
17  cards
Icy Moons**** (Week 8)
What makes water a unique solvent,
Name 3 icy moons,
What is tidal heating jovian system
14  cards
Exploration of Mars***** (Week 8)
When was the first close up image...,
By 1971 how much of the martian s...,
Examples of a few mars missions
12  cards
annalouges (week 8)
Why do we use analouges,
What is an anolouge for amazonian...,
Analogue for enceladus
4  cards
EXOPLANETS
How many,
How can exoplanets be detected,
Methods of finding an exoplanet
11  cards
EXOPLANET BIOSIGNATURES
What are remotely detectable bios...,
What is the strongest biosignature,
What did seager classify biosigna...
4  cards
Humans robots and ethics
What are the dangers of human spa...,
Weightlessness explanation,
Vaccum explanation
8  cards
the search for extra terrestrial intelligence
What is fermis paradox,
What is the drake equation,
Solution 1 to not finding life
9  cards
space law
What are used as space law sources,
Challenges for space law
2  cards
CURRENT ASTROBIOLOGICAL MISSIONS
What telescope helps to try and d...,
Missions which have focused on ma...,
What is the esa exomars programme
9  cards
Life on earth top down (week 5)
How did the cambrian explosion al...,
When did eukaryotes develop,
How has earth remained habitable ...
9  cards

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