Astrobiology

What was attached to the Voyager spacecraft that would inform intelligent life-forms?

• Golden Record
• Golden CD
• Golden VHS
• Golden DVD

For most of history on Earth, life consisted mostly of

• single celled organisms
• multi-celled organisms
• alien organism
• dinosaurs

Creatures that can live in extreme environments are

• hooligans
• extremists
• extremophiles
• extremely rare

What is the equation that helps us organize our thinking about life in the galaxy?

• Drake's Equation
• Frank's Equation
• Tupac's Equation
• Drake's Latest Album

SETI stands for

• Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
• Seeking Extraterrestrial Insights
• Search for Extra Territorial Images
• Search for Earthly Terrain Intelligence

What is the single component found wherever you find life?

• Pasta
• Water
• Shelter
• The Will to Survive

In the Drake Equation what does R* stand for?

• Rancid meat
• Red stars
• The rate of formation of stars
• Really far away stars

In the Drake Equation what does f_i stand for?

• The planets where intelligent life forms
• The planets where interesting things happen
• Planets with insightful questions

In the Drake Equation what does n_e stand for?

• Number of ears
• Number of planets with earthlike conditions
• Number of easy calculations
• Number of early planets

In the Drake Equation f_c is the fraction of life -bearing planets that develop ...

• communication
• contests
• conventions
• communists