If you want a much better science quis:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1209/Are-you-scientifically-literate-Take-our-quiz/Composing-about-78-percent-of-the-air-at-sea-level-what-is-the-most-common-gas-in-the-Earth-s-atmosphere.
the first few questions look easy, but it gets harder as it goes along.
I got 42/50. Not bad for someone without much of a background in science, though I'm sure those who have a science focused-education will do better.
Originally posted by sonhouseQuestion #41 refers to the nighttime sky, which rules out the sun.
12/12 but only 38/50 on the second one. I question #41, brightest natural object is really the sun not the moon! Got it right though since the sun was not one of the answers!
Is there a percentile number for our scores? I didn't see any online. In a science class I would have made a solid C🙂
I got 47/50. A fair chunk of it was a Greek test. One I got wrong because I didn't know the Greek for "thunder". Snarl. Snap.
Also didn't know what "nimbus" means (Latin this time).
The third one I got wrong was...hmm...oh yes -- I thought F=ma was Newton's First Law of Motion. Should've known better, I suppose.
Originally posted by SoothfastOne I missed was mass times velocity=momentum. I thought it was kinetic energy. They are closely related I think. I guess kinetic energy is mass times velocity squared.
Question #41 refers to the nighttime sky, which rules out the sun.
I got 47/50. A fair chunk of it was a Greek test. One I got wrong because I didn't know the Greek for "thunder". Snarl. Snap.
Also didn't know what "nimbus" means (Latin this time).
The third one I got wrong was...hmm...oh yes -- I thought F=ma was Newton's First Law of Motion. Should've known better, I suppose.
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Originally posted by sh76It is indeed much better, even if a lot of it is about the history of science rather than about science itself.
If you want a much better science quis:
As for the Greek, I don't think there were any questions where the Greek was not another hint in a question which also provided a more scientific hint. But I must admit it helped me with the brontosaurus question, what with me not living in Canadeh? and not caring about their postal service.
(Three wrong, two of which I really should have remembered.)
Richard
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39/50... Much more interesting quiz than the last one (got 100% on that one).
The answers I got wrong I mostly had the sense I knew once... must be getting old.
I'm embarrassed to say I got the most frequent element in the crust wrong. Guess oxygen makes sense in retrospect.
Had no idea on the Finnegan's wake question - never read that book. But on that one too, I probably should have been able to rule it down to quark by taking out the other answers.
I'd really hate to see what the population's performance on this quiz is.
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Originally posted by WoodPushI think the Finnigan's wake reference is 'Three quarks for Muster Mark' something like that.
39/50... Much more interesting quiz than the last one (got 100% on that one).
The answers I got wrong I mostly had the sense I knew once... must be getting old.
I'm embarrassed to say I got the most frequent element in the crust wrong. Guess oxygen makes sense in retrospect.
Had no idea on the Finnegan's wake question - never read that book. But ...[text shortened]... other answers.
I'd really hate to see what the population's performance on this quiz is.
Originally posted by sh76Why would it be politically incorrect. It is either true, or false. If true, why should we be embarrassed to point it out? If false, its not 'politically incorrect', its just a false claim.
Men also scored significantly higher than women (8.1 to 7.4). Politically incorrect though it is to say, men do tend to be a bit more proficient at science.
As far as I know, it is true in most countries, but not all, and true for cultural, historical and educational system reasons as much as because of physical differences between men and women, although that does play a part.
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Originally posted by twhiteheadBecause political correctness has very little to do with logic, and very much do with trying to tiptoe around peoples feelings.
Why would it be politically incorrect. It is either true, or false. If true, why should we be embarrassed to point it out? If false, its not 'politically incorrect', its just a false claim.
As far as I know, it is true in most countries, but not all, and true for cultural, historical and educational system reasons as much as because of physical differences between men and women, although that does play a part.
Now come on, that' can't be new to you, any more than the claim that women, on average, score worse on science quizzes 🙂
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Originally posted by mikelom12/12 but those were easy 🙂
http://pewresearch.org/sciencequiz/quiz/index.php
If you don't get 12 out of 12, and score more than 90%, as 10% of the US population did - you deserve shooting! 🙂
-m. 😉
Manny
PS: Us Americans as a whole are stupid though LOL
This quiz was part of a larger study of attitudes about science in the U.S. The knowledge quiz is discussed in Section 7 of the report. View the report
How You Did, Question by Question
Below you'll find your question-by-question results and the percentage of all adults who answered each question correctly in our telephone survey.
QuestionCorrect AnswerYour ResponseAll Adults, Percentage Correct
1. Which over-the-counter drug do doctors recommend that people take to help prevent heart attacks?AspirinCorrect91
2. According to most astronomers, which of the following is no longer considered a planet?PlutoCorrect60
3. Which of the following may cause a Tsunami?An earthquake under the oceanCorrect77
4. The global positioning system, or GPS, relies on which of these to work?SatellitesCorrect82
5. What gas do most scientists believe causes temperatures in the atmosphere to rise?Carbon dioxideCorrect65
6. How are stem cells different from other cells?They can develop into many different types of cellsCorrect52
7. What have scientists recently discovered on Mars?WaterCorrect61
8. The continents on which we live have been moving their location for millions of years and will continue to move in the future.TrueCorrect76
9. Lasers work by focusing sound waves.FalseCorrect47
10. Antibiotics will kill viruses as well as bacteria.FalseCorrect54
11. Electrons are smaller than atoms.TrueCorrect46
12. All radioactivity is man-made.FalseCorrect63
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Originally posted by menace71Considering that this is a true/false question and the result is lower than 50%, it suggests that a significant number of people are misinformed (not just ignorant). Or they were stupid enough to 'pass' rather than take a guess.
11. Electrons are smaller than atoms.TrueCorrect46
Or, the question was biased in favour of one answer, or the sample size was small.