Astronauts Deployed a Solar Wind Measuring Experiment on the Moon

question 136

Multiple Choice

Astronauts deployed a solar wind measuring experiment on the Moon because

• A)the lunar surface is protected by an atmosphere.
• B)there is no electromagnetic energy arriving there.
• C)the experiment would not work if deployed at Earth's surface due to protective aspects of Earth's atmosphere.
• D)the Moon is closer to the Sun,so it is easier to measure the effect of solar wind.
• E)there is no solar wind arriving at the lunar surface.

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Standard Error

A measure of the sampling distribution variability of a statistic, often used to describe the accuracy of a sample mean estimate.

Sample Median

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