- 1. What is the study of searching for extraterrestrial life known as?
A) Astronomy
B) Exobiology
C) Astrobiology
D) Astrophysics
- 2. What is a region in space where life as we know it could exist called?
A) No-Go Zone
B) Forbidden Zone
C) Habitable Zone
D) Danger Zone
- 3. Which famous equation estimates the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy?
A) Drake Equation
B) Hawking Equation
C) Einstein Equation
D) Newton Equation
- 4. What moon of Jupiter is a potential candidate for supporting microbial life?
A) Europa
B) Enceladus
C) Ganymede
D) Titan
- 5. Which organization is actively involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)?
A) SETI Institute
B) Roscosmos
C) ESA
D) NASA
- 6. What is the process whereby a star produces energy by nuclear fusion in its core?
A) Black Hole Evaporation
B) Stellar Nucleosynthesis
C) Cometary Nucleation
D) Solar Flaring
- 7. Which planet in our solar system is considered a potential candidate for microbial life due to subsurface oceans?
A) Mars
B) Uranus
C) Mercury
D) Venus
- 8. Which famous scientist proposed the idea of directed panspermia, the intentional spreading of life to other planets?
A) Francis Crick
B) Stephen Hawking
C) Albert Einstein
D) Carl Sagan
- 9. Which space mission successfully landed and searched for signs of life on Mars in 1976?
A) Opportunity
B) Viking
C) Spirit
D) Curiosity
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