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Astronomy current events question: NASA LADEE mission

Astronomy 210L, fall semester 2013
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!)
NASA's Ames Research Center New Media Innovation Team, "NASA LADEE Mission Infographic--Long Scroll Version," September 9, 2013
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ladee/infographic/
NASA recently launched the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), which will study the moon's atmosphere by:
(A) revisiting an earlier Apollo mission landing site.
(B) crashing into the moon's north pole.
(C) making low orbits around the moon.
(D) scooping up and returning samples to Earth.
(E) measuring its magnetic fields.

Correct answer: (C)

Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186, 70200
(A) : 2 students
(B) : 0 students
(C) : 43 students
(D) : 10 students
(E) : 5 students

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