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!)
Astronomy.com editors, "Dawn at Vesta: Massive Mountains, Rough Surface, and Old-Young Dichotomy in Hemispheres," October 4, 2011__________ observed by the NASA Dawn spacecraft is evidence that the southern hemisphere of the asteroid Vesta may be much younger than its northern hemisphere.
http://www.astronomy.com/News-Observing/News/2011/10/Dawn%20at%20Vesta%20-%20massive%20mountains%20-%20rough%20surface%20-%20and%20old-young%20dichotomy%20in%20hemispheres.aspx
(A) Different color features.
(B) The number of craters per area.
(C) Warm thermal vents.
(D) Rotation rate fluctuations.
(E) Subterranean oceans.
Correct answer: (B)
Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186, 70200
(A) : 7 students
(B) : 33 students
(C) : 2 students
(D) : 1 student
(E) : 3 students
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