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Life in the Cosmos

Questions regarding the search for life away from Earth
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What is a small particle from a coment or asteroid that orbits the Sun?
Meteoroid
Cells that lack a nucleus are called ...
Prokaryote
Which geological features are believed to have been the main source of the Earth's oceans and atmosphere?
Volcanoes
An organism that thrives in physically or geochemically extreme conditions is named an ...
Extremophile
Where does the water that formed many of the erosion features seen on Mars appear to have originated?
from beneath the surface of the planet
interstellar clouds that contain a very high concentration of dust are known as ...
Dark Nebulae
What temperature is required for the proton-proton cycle to occur?
10 million Kelvin
Which terrestrial planet(s) other than Earth have magnetic fields?
Mercury
What is the most abundant element by mass in the human body?
Oxygen
The K-T boundary separates which two periods in Earth's history?
Cretaceous and Tertiary
Beneath the surface or which moon of Jupiter is there the strongest evidence for the existence of a subsurface ocean of liquid water?
Europa
The residual polar caps on Mars are made of --- ice
Water
What is the surface temperature of the Sun in K?
5778K
What is the name given to the model describing the formation of the Moon?
Giant Impact Model
What is an object composed mainly of dust and ice that comes from the outer solar system towards the Sun?
comet
Jovian moons are typically made of rock and ---
ice
What is the name of the process in which a number of smaller nuclei combine to form a larger nucleus with the release of energy?
Nuclear Fusion
Unlike the Earth, Venus does not have a protective magnetic field because of its ...
Slow Rotation
For the transit of an extrasolar planet to be observed, the orbital plane of the planet has to be aligned along ...
our line of sight
The main chemical building blocks of life, C, H, O, and N were formed in ...
Stars
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