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!)
News release, "Subaru-HiCIAO Spots Young Stars Surreptitiously Gluttonizing Their Birth Clouds" (February 24, 2016)The Subaru Telescope's High-Contrast Coronagraphic Imager for Adaptive Optics (HiCIAO) observed "FU Orionis outbursts," which are stars that may:
subarutelescope.org/Pressrelease/2016/02/24b/index.html
(A) feed on their binary companions.
(B) suddenly and violently accumulate mass.
(C) emit powerful gravitational waves.
(D) be made of antimatter.
(E) collapse to become black holes.
Correct answer: (B)
Student responses
Sections 30678, 30679, 30680
(A) : 3 students
(B) : 7 students
(C) : 15 students
(D) : 1 student
(E) : 2 students
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