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Astronomy current events question: revised age of the moon

Astronomy 210L, spring semester 2017
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)
Stuart Wolpert, "The Moon is Older than Scientists Thought, UCLA-led Research Team Reports" (January 11, 2017)
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/the-moon-is-older-than-scientists-thought-ucla-led-research-team-reports
The age of the moon has been revised to be older than previously thought, based on analysis of moon samples brought to Earth by:
(A) Apollo mission astronauts in 1970.
(B) the Chinese moon rover Yutu.
(C) Google Project X.
(D) lunar impact meteorites.
(E) the aurora borealis.

Correct answer: (A)

Student responses
Sections 30679, 30680
(A) : 23 students
(B) : 3 students
(C) : 3 students
(D) : 4 students
(E) : 0 students

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