Answer to Question #197321 in General Chemistry for Alia Naim

Question

What are the primary factors that change the physical behavior of substances on different planets?

and what are some examples of substances that exist in different forms than on earth on different planets, and explain why they are different.

Answer 1

Processes which can modify a habitable planet's environment include photochemistry; stellar effects on climate balance; atmospheric loss; gravitational interactions with the star, moons, other planets and minor bodies; and galactic phenomena.