Transcript Life on Other Worlds (Chapter 15)

Life on Other Worlds
Corresponds to Ch 15
in book Astro by Seeds
Prepared by:
Julissa Garcia, Aramik Yousefian
Hagop Hadjinian, Tatevik Grigoryan
Activity director:
Lilit Haroyan
Faculty Advisor:
Richard Rains
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Funded by Title V HIS Grant at LAMC and U.S Department of Education
1. Where does the carbon in your
pinky come from?
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The core of the sun
The core of supernovae
The core of a red giant
star
The remnants from the
Big bang
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1. Where does the carbon in your
pinky come from?
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The core of the sun
The core of a red giant
star
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The core of supernovae
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The remnants from the
Big bang
1. Where does the carbon in your
pinky come from?
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Red giants stars stop nuclear fusion and at some point
only produce carbon, and since everything is made of
carbon our pinky is an example
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It’s a big star that
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2. What does the Drake equation
hope to find?
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Number of human
civilizations per solar system
Number of cavemen
civilizations per galaxy
Number of alien civilizations
per universe
Number of technological
civilizations per galaxy
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2. What does the Drake equation
hope to find?
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Number of human
civilizations per solar system
Number of cavemen
civilizations per galaxy
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Number of alien civilizations
per universe
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Number of technological
civilizations per galaxy
2. What does the Drake equation
hope to find?
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Drake Equation still does not have some parts of the
equation solved therefore the equation has yet to be
solved.
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Aliens…
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3. Which sums up Darwin’s theory
of evolution?
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The strong die off
Survival of the weakest
Mutations in short
periods
The strong give their
genes
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3. Which sums up Darwin’s theory
of evolution?
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The strong die off
Mutations in short
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Survival of the weakest
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The strong give their
genes
3. Which sums up Darwin’s theory
of evolution?
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Darwin is the official Evolutionary Scientist who coined
this term in his theory of Evolution.
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The strong survive
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4. Random changes in DNA are
called…
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Evolution
Mutation
Natural selection
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4. Random changes in DNA are
called…
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Evolution
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Mutation
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Natural selection
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Cool
4. Random changes in DNA are
called…
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Mutations occur randomly and stick around if they are
an advantage or stop when it is a disadvantage.
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The X-men where
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5. What does SETI look for?
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Extra-Terrestrial
intelligence
FBI UFO claims
X-Files
Area 51
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5. What does SETI look for?
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Extra-Terrestrial
intelligence
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X-Files
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Area 51
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5. What does SETI look for?
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SETI stands for “Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence”.
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6. What is the Arecibo Beacon?
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Globular cluster M13
A bird native to North
America
A radio array in Puerto
Rico
An anticode message for
aliens
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6. What is the Arecibo Beacon?
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Globular cluster M13
A radio array in Puerto
Rico
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A bird native to North
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An anticode message for
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6. What is the Arecibo Beacon?
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It is a radio message that captures various images
significant to humans such as our DNA structure,
population number and so on.
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7. Stromatolite is…
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Stone like tomatoes
Layers of bacteria with
sediment
Crust layer of bacteria on
surface of mantle
One large layer of algae
only
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7. Stromatolite is…
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Stone like tomatoes
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Crust layer of bacteria on
surface of mantle
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Layers of bacteria with
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One large layer of algae
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7. Stromatolite is…
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Stromatolite is old layers upon layers of bacteria that are
helpful in determining Earth’s early life process.
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8. Which 1952 experiment made
complex organic molecules?
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The Drake experiment
Darwin’s evolution
experiment
Miller-Urey experiment
Freud’s experiment
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8. Which 1952 experiment made
complex organic molecules?
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The Drake experiment
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Darwin’s evolution
experiment
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Miller-Urey experiment
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Freud’s experiment
8. Which 1952 experiment made
complex organic molecules?
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It was Harold Urey and Stanley Miller who did an
experiment in 1952 to try to recreate early life on Earth.
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9. How long has life existed on
Earth?
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2 weeks
3.4 billion years
2.6 billion years
6.5 billion years
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9. How long has life existed on
Earth?
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2 weeks
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3.4 billion years
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2.6 billion years
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6.5 billion years
9. How long has life existed on
Earth?
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Life has existed on Earth for 3.4 Billion yrs
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