- 1. What is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe called?
A) Cosmology
B) Astrobiology
C) Geology
D) Astronomy
- 2. Which planet in our solar system is considered the most likely to have the potential for life?
A) Saturn
B) Jupiter
C) Venus
D) Mars
- 3. What are extremophiles?
A) Plants adapted to low light conditions
B) Alien life forms
C) Organisms that thrive in extreme environments
D) Microscopic organisms
- 4. Which moon of Jupiter is considered one of the best candidates for potential subsurface oceans and thus, potential life?
A) Europa
B) Io
C) Callisto
D) Ganymede
- 5. What is SETI an acronym for?
A) Seeker of Extraterrestrial Interaction
B) Survey of Earth's Terrestrial Inhabitants
C) Study of Extraterrestrial Inferences
D) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- 6. What is the zone around a star where conditions may be right for liquid water to exist on the surface of an orbiting planet called?
A) Green zone
B) Goldilocks zone
C) Life zone
D) Habitable zone
- 7. What is the concept that life could originate beyond Earth and be transported to our planet through space dust, asteroids, or comets called?
A) Astrofertilization
B) Exogenesis
C) Panspermia
D) Exobiogenesis
- 8. What region of the electromagnetic spectrum is often used in the search for extraterrestrial life signals?
A) Radio
B) Infrared
C) Ultraviolet
D) Gamma
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