Astronomy current events question: solar winds heating Jupiter's atmosphere

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!)

Gretchen McCartney, Dwayne Brown, and JoAnna Wendel, "Jupiter's Atmosphere Heats up under Solar Wind" (April 8, 2019)
nasa.gov/feature/jpl/jupiters-atmosphere-heats-up-under-solar-wind

Infrared images of Jupiter's atmosphere reveal that its poles are being heated up by:
(A) the solar wind.
(B) methane rains.  
(C) deep convection.  
(D) deuterium fusion.
(E) differential rotation.

Correct answer: (A)

Student responses
Sections 30679, 30680
(A) : 29 students
(B) : 0 students
(C) : 10 students
(D) : 2 students
(E) : 1 student