Astronomy current events question: InSight seismometer shield

Astronomy 210L, spring semester 2019
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!)

Andrew Good, "InSight's Seismometer Now Has a Cozy Shelter on Mars" (February 4, 2019)
mars.nasa.gov/news/8407/insights-seismometer-now-has-a-cozy-shelter-on-mars/

NASA's InSight lander deployed a shield to protect its marsquake seismometer from:
(A) solar flares.
(B) cosmic rays.
(C) melting permafrost.
(D) its own energy reactor.
(E) wind and temperature changes.

Correct answer: (E)

Student responses
Sections 30679, 30680
(A) : 5 students
(B) : 4 students
(C) : 1 student
(D) : 0 students
(E) : 33 students