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CCI02.07.01.- Calculating the odds of intelligent alien life

PEDRO ÁLVAREZ JIMÉNEZ 5 questions

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1What does "SETI" stand for?
1. AStanford Extraterrestrial Initiative
2. BSearch for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
3. CStrategic Extraterrestrial Indicators
2What makes the Drake Equation different from most other equations?
1. AIt has no defined solution
2. BIt has more letters and functions
3. CIt is the only contribution Frank Drake made to astrobiology
3What is the Drake Equation attempting to calculate?
1. AThe number of alien life forms in the universe with whom we could make contact
2. BThe number of technological civilizations in the Milky Way with whom we could make contact
3. CThe number of alien life forms in the Milky Way with whom we could make contact
4Why does physicist Philip Morrison call SETI "the archaeology of the future"?
1. ABecause SETI is attempting to uncover new civilizations
2. BBecause the speed of light is finite, any signals detected from distant technologies will be telling us about their past
3. CBecause the idea of alien life is archaic, like the relics of old civilizations
5How can the Drake equation be simplified?
1. ABy admitting that it's too hard to calculate the possibility of extraterrestrial life
2. BBy coming up with definite answers for every value and using those to calculate a precise solution
3. CBy showing that the number of civilizations we can make contact with is approximately equal to the longevity of those civilizations