Astrobiology Quiz B >> Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space
TOTAL POINTS 8
1.Which of the following human organs uses the most energy?
1 point
eyes
brain
liver
2.We estimate that there will be around a dozen (or so) Earth-like planets within what distance of our Solar system?
1 point
100 light years
30 light years
10 light years
60 light years
3.It has been estimated that it would take about how long for a spacefaring civilization to travel (at around 1% the speed of light) across the Milky Way galaxy?
1 point
1 million years
10 million years
100,000 years
100,000 million years
4.Which of these four factors from the Drake Equation is the most well known?
1 point
Rate of Sun-like Stars forming in Milky Way
Lifetime of an intelligent civilization
Fraction of habitable planets where life actually forms
Number of Planets per sun-like star
5.The Drake Equation estimates the number of intelligent species in the…
1 point
Galaxy
Earth
Universe
Solar System
6.Which of these is a true statement about SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)?
1 point
We have been conducting SETI experiments for over 100 years.
Researchers search for pulsed radio signals from sun-like stars.
Signals from intelligent aliens have been detected in the past decade.
Researchers use headphones to listen for radio signals from alien civilizations.
7.According to Hans Moravec, current robotic and computational technology has progressed to the level where we can approximate the capability of which of the following organisms?
1 point
mouse
monkey
lizard
human
8.Which of the following is one of Bostrom’s propositions within the “simulation hypothesis”:
1 point
The human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage.
Any posthuman civilization is extremely unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof).
We are almost certainly living in a computer simulation.
All of the above
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