Astrobiology ( General ) Quiz { 2-09-2021}

Who is father of astrobiology ?

• Issac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Carl Sagan

• Nikola Tesla

Which NASA rover touchdown on Mars aim to study astrobiology of Mars in 2020 ?

• Spirit Rover

• Curiosity Rover

• Viking Lander

• Perseverance Rover

I am an extremophile that loves to thrive in radiation and found very rare on earth ? Who I am ?

• Methanococcus

• Dienococcus radiodurans

• Tardigrades

• Corynebacterium

Which planet's Moon in our solar system is potentially having all the necessities for microbial life to grow ?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Saturn

• Neptune

Which international organisation looks after life beyond earth and tries to study alien worlds by using ultrasensitive telescopes ?

• NASA

• ESA (European Space Agency )

• SETI

• JAXA

I am hyperthermophile and loves to thrive at high temperature and high acidity , above is my habitat can you identify my habitat ?

• Caldera of Yellowstone , US

• Rio Tinto, Spain

• Atacama Desert , Arizona

• Qaidam Basin , Tibet

Does silicon based alien life exist?

• YES

• NO

Tardigrades are also called as?

• Algae

• slime moulds

• water bears

• moss

Which NASA's space telescopic mission aims to discover exoplanets on different star system and uses "transit method" for detecting exoplanets ?

• JWST ( James Webb Space Telescope)

• Hubble telescope

• Kepler telescope

• TESS telescope

Can you name this Mars Analogue Site which is direct analogy to Jezero Crater (landing site of Mars rover 2020) ?

• Rio Tinto, Spain

• Alpine and Permafrost , Artic

• Vredefort Crater , South Africa

• Lonar Crater , India