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