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The Search For Life Beyond Earth

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does SETI stand for?

a)

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

b)


Space Exploration Technology Initiative

c)

Solar Energy Transmission Institute

d)

Stellar Emissions Tracking Investigation

2.

What is used to detect potential extraterrestrial signals?

a)

Satellites

b)

Telescopes

c)


Radar

d)

Sonar

3.

What type of radiation does SETI primarily search for?

a)

Gamma rays

b)

Electromagnetic radiation

c)

X-rays

d)

Ultraviolet light

4.

What does SETI scientists aim to do 24/7?

a)

Build more telescopes

b)

Analyze non-human communication on Earth

c)

Study human intelligence

d)

Scan the cosmos for intelligent life

5.

What technology is helping expand SETI's search?

a)

Artificial intelligence

b)

Infrared telescopes

c)

Gravitational wave detectors

d)

Particle accelerators

6.

What did Laurence Doyle use as a proxy for extraterrestrial signals?

a)

Gravitational waves

b)

Whale and dolphin communication

c)

Signals from quasars

d)

Black hole emissions

7.

What discovery has increased the chances of finding life beyond Earth?

a)

The discovery of water on Mars

b)

The detection of gravitational waves

c)

There are more planets than stars

d)

The development of AI

8.

What is the relationship between the number of stars and planets?

a)

Each star has at least one planet

b)

There are fewer planets than stars

c)

There are more planets than stars

d)

Planets are rarer than stars

9.

SETI has not yet found any evidence of extraterrestrial life.

a)

False

b)

True

c)

No idea

d)

Maybe

10.

Which university is leading a team for SETI research?

a)

Harvard University

b)

Harvard University

c)

Berkeley University

d)

Stanford University