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Life in the Cosmos

Questions regarding the search for life away from Earth
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In what present day country did the asteroid that is believed responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs hit the surface of the Earth?
Mexico
The most convincing piece of evidence suggesting that Europa has a subsurface ocean is the
magnetic field of Jupiter is able to induce a magnetic field in Europa consistent with a salty ocean beneath its crust
What is a small particle from a coment or asteroid that orbits the Sun?
Meteoroid
The mass of a planet measured using the Doppler shift method could be less than / greater than / either / exaclty its true value
less than
What is the spectral type of the Sun?
G2
What is the surface temperature of the Sun in K?
5778K
The most abundant element in the human body by number of atoms is ...
Hydrogen
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere of Titan?
Nitrogen
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
What geological features have removed craters from the Martian surface in the past?
Volcanoes
How many planets within our Solar System have plate tectonics?
1
What is the name given to the model describing the formation of the Moon?
Giant Impact Model
The total mass of all existing asteroids is 1/--- of that of the Earth
1000
The range of distances from a star where liquid water can be stable on the surface of a suitable planet is known as the ...
Habitable Zone
The Sun will end its life by becoming a ...
White Dwarf
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
What is a small rocky body in the Solar System?
Asteroid
The point in a solar system beyond which that hydrogen compounds condense into solid ice grains is known as ...
ice line
Life probably did not originate on the land surface because of the lack of the --- Layer
Ozone
Rocks are found on the surface of another planet which appear to have been formed from the solidification of molten lava. Given this, they are most likely to be classified as ...
Igneous
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