An Atmosphere Can Escape a Planet If the Escape Velocity

question 47

True/False

An atmosphere can escape a planet if the escape velocity is six times the average molecularspeed at that temperature.

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

A learning process through watching the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors, not through direct experience.

Spark

Typically refers to a small but bright flash of fire or electricity, often used metaphorically to describe the initiation or inspiration of something.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response in the absence of further conditioning.

Extinct

A term describing a species, family, or larger group of organisms that no longer exists anywhere on Earth.