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