WorksheetsAstroBiology
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was attached to the Voyager spacecraft that would inform intelligent life-forms?
a)
Golden Record
b)
Golden CD
c)
Golden VHS
d)
Golden DVD
2.
For most of history on Earth, life consisted mostly of
a)
single celled organisms
b)
multi-celled organisms
c)
alien organism
d)
dinosaurs
3.
Creatures that can live in extreme environments are
a)
hooligans
b)
extremists
c)
extremophiles
d)
extremely rare
4.
What is the equation that helps us organize our thinking about life in the galaxy?
a)
Drake's Equation
b)
Frank's Equation
c)
Tupac's Equation
d)
Drake's Latest Album
5.
SETI stands for
a)
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
b)
Seeking Extraterrestrial Insights
c)
Search for Extra Territorial Images
d)
Search for Earthly Terrain Intelligence
6.
What is the single component found wherever you find life?
a)
Pasta
b)
Water
c)
Shelter
d)
The Will to Survive
7.
In the Drake Equation what does R* stand for?
a)
Rancid meat
b)
Red stars
c)
The rate of formation of stars
d)
Really far away stars
8.
In the Drake Equation what does fi stand for?
a)
The planets where intelligent life forms
b)
The planets where interesting things happen
c)
Planets with insightful questions
9.
In the Drake Equation what does ne stand for?
a)
Number of ears
b)
Number of planets with earthlike conditions
c)
Number of easy calculations
d)
Number of early planets
10.
In the Drake Equation fc is the fraction of life -bearing planets that develop ...
a)
communication
b)
contests
c)
conventions
d)
communists
11.
What experiment produced organic molecules from non biological molecules?
a)
Urey-Miller
b)
Uri-Gellar
c)
Uni-Corner
d)
Upsy-Daisy
12.
What is an example of an extremophile?
a)
Tardigrade
b)
Retardigrade
c)
Water Baby
d)
Tardis
13.
Organic molecules could have reached Earth from comets.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
The Rate of star formation is reasonable well known.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
There is no evidence that Earthlike planets orbit other stars.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
In estimating whether intelligence arises and develops technology, we have only life on Earth as an example.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
We have already broadcast our presence to our interstellar neighbors.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Name two places outside of Earth where we think life might exist
a)
Moon and Europe
b)
Europa and Mars
c)
Titan and Venus
d)
Alpha Centauri and SETI
19.
The definition of life requires only that to be considered “alive,” you must be able to reproduce.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
In what year were the Voyager spacecraft launched?
a)
1907
b)
1987
c)
1977
d)
1967
21.
N = the number of _________________________ capable of interstellar communication
a)
civilizations
b)
computers
c)
corporations
d)
communists
22.
In the Drake Equation, fp= the fraction of those stars that have ______________________
a)
Planets
b)
Planning
c)
Planetesimals
d)
Plants
23.
In the Drake Equation, L is the length of time, in years, that the average intelligent civilization is _______________________________________________-into space
a)
Sending Broadway Shows
b)
Broadcasting
c)
Traveling
d)
Searching for a wifi signal
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