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Pathways to Astronomy

Stephen E. Schneider

Chapter 83

Astrobiology - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

03:15

Problem 1

For what percentage of the Earth's lifetime has Homo sapiens existed?

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Problem 2

A bacterium has a mass of about $10^{-15} \mathrm{kg}$. It can replicate itself in one hour. If it had an unlimited food supply, how long would it take the bacterium, doubling in number every hour, to match the mass of the Earth? (Hint: Solve for the number of hours $N$ where $2^{N}$ gives the number of bacteria you estimate.

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Problem 3

A human brain has a mass of about $2 \mathrm{kg}$. If an individual brain cell has a mass of about $10^{-13} \mathrm{kg}$, how many cells does a brain contain? How does this number compare to the number of stars in our Galaxy? to the number of bits of information in the largest computers today?

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Problem 4

From 1950 to 2000 , the world population increased from 2.5 billion to 6 billion. If this trend continues, what will be the world population in $2050 ?$ in $2100 ?$

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