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GCSE (P7) Physics Test sobre P7 Quiz - Are we alone?, creado por Leah Firmstone el 23/06/2016.

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P7 Quiz - Are we alone?

Pregunta 1 de 6

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What is the approximate number of galaxies in the universe?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 100 billion

  • 3 billion

  • 300 billion

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 6

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What is an exo- (or extrasolar? planet?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • a planet that orbits a star other than the sun

  • a planet that is further from the Sun than the Earth

  • any planet within our solar system

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 6

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Exoplanets are difficult to detect and all the exoplanets discovered so far have been much bigger than our Earth.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 6

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What is the 'Goldilocks zone'?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • where the distance from the star (eg. the Sun) means that it is neither too hot nor too cold to support liquid water

  • where the distance from the star has the perfect temperature (it's just right) to sustain life

  • the best chance of a solar system being able to sustain life

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Pregunta 5 de 6

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Many scientists believe that, due to the sheer of the universe and the fact that there are so many , it is highly probable that there will be on another planet somewhere. Even if a small of stars have extrasolar planets orbiting them, many scientists believe that it is likely that life already elsewhere in the universe. However, as yet evidence for life - either at present or in the past - has been detected.

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    size
    galaxies
    life
    proportion
    exists
    no
    extraterrestrial

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Pregunta 6 de 6

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Voyager 1 is one of two probes launched in 1977 by NASA to study the outer solar system. It has travelled 17 billion km carrying 'The Golden Records'.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación