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Worksheets3.2 Detecting alien life
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What does SETI stand for?
Search Extra -Terrestrial Intelligence
Search for Extra - Terrestrial Intelligence
Search for Extra - Terrestrial Intellect
Seek for Extra - Terrestrial Intelligence
What are mathematical models?
A model made by mathematicians
A set of rules using Maths, usually using a computer, that helps you predict what could happen
A set of rules using Physics, usually using a computer, that helps you predict what could happen
An unproven theory that suggests that alien exists in outer space
Who wrote an equation for working out how many planets are likely to have life on them?
Frank Draco
Drake Frank
Francis Drake
Frank Drake
What is needed for a zone to be habitable?
Oxygen
Water
The Sun
Sunlight/Heat
What is in the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
Ultraviolet
X-rays
Microwaves
All of the above
When did the first radio signal go out into space?
1936
1937
1935
1934
What is the name of the nearest star to Earth?
The Sun
Proxima Centari
Prixoma Centauri
Proxima Centauri
Which rover(s) found evidence that water flowed on Mars?
Curiosity
Opportunity
Messenger
All of the above
What is the Sun mainly made out of?
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Helium
What is used to detect the other waves of electromagnetic spectrum in orbit around the Earth?
Cameras
Satellites
Radio telescopes
All of the above
What does a line spectrum show?
Which elements are present on the gas that the light has travelled through
The light which the planets emit
The colour of the dust on the planet
The electromagnetic spectrum detected
