- 1. What is the study of searching for extraterrestrial life known as?
A) Astrobiology
B) Exobiology
C) Astrophysics
D) Astronomy
- 2. What is a region in space where life as we know it could exist called?
A) Danger Zone
B) No-Go 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) Hawking Equation
C) Einstein Equation
D) Newton Equation
- 4. Which planet in our solar system is considered a potential candidate for microbial life due to subsurface oceans?
A) Mars
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Uranus
- 5. Which space mission successfully landed and searched for signs of life on Mars in 1976?
A) Opportunity
B) Spirit
C) Viking
D) Curiosity
- 6. What moon of Jupiter is a potential candidate for supporting microbial life?
A) Titan
B) Europa
C) Enceladus
D) Ganymede
- 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) Francis Crick
D) Albert Einstein
- 8. 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
- 9. Which organization is actively involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)?
A) NASA
B) ESA
C) SETI Institute
D) Roscosmos
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