Fun science quiz

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

So, I was thinking about a thread about climate change, but looking around for resources that I can access from home seemed a bit inefficient. I did find a fun quiz, though, and spent a pleasant amount of time racking my brain to see what I remembered from other fields. If you like this kind of stuff, have fun! No googling
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? - CSMonitor.com

 

[Jay217]

38/50 its a bit long but a bit of fun.

I should've got another 5 but i kept double guessing.

But it did show that my lowest science grade was chemistry...

 

[MikeK]

15 out of the first 25, I'll take a 30 with an asterisk. Some of this stuff is way back in the bowels of the mind!

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

38/50 here too. Missed a few I shouldn't have...on the other hand only got the dinosaur one correct because of books I've been reading to the kids.

 

[Antigone]

I got 25 out of the first 35 and then the website crashed.

Edit: with dad as a helpline and a bit of educated guessing (I totally got that James Joyce quark question) I got to 39 out of 50. Not bad for an English major, I think.

Read A Short History of Nearly Everything, people!

 

[MikeK]

I got 25 out of the first 35 and then the website crashed.

So like, free A, right?

I really don't like that I'm the dumbest one.

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

We've got a lot of folks on the site that like to make declarations about science, hope they all come by and try it out!

 

[MKJ]

I got 78%. I feel kind of dumb now.

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

I got 78%. I feel kind of dumb now.

That's the top score so far

 

[MKJ]

That's the top score so far

Is it! Very exciting!

As you might guess, I was not the greatest math student.

 

[Chany]

Yay! Science! My least favorite subject next to Phys Ed! 32 out of 50!

 

[holyorders]

Haha

24/26
Hey my brain is on my new job.

 

[Maynard Keenan]

46/50

Missed Embryo/Blastocyst/Zygote, Eris/Ceres/Nyx, Molybdenum/Palladium, and The cloud one.

A lot of these were legit questions about facts but some just had to do with convention (what letter/greek letter do we use) or nomenclature.

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

46/50

Missed Embryo/Blastocyst/Zygote, Eris/Ceres/Nyx, Molybdenum/Palladium, and The cloud one.

A lot of these were legit questions about facts but some just had to do with convention (what letter/greek letter do we use) or nomenclature.

Missed 3 of those 4. Knew the Molybdenum/Palladium one primarily because of where I live. Should have remembered the Eris/Ceres/Nyx one, but the cloud nomenclature was sure a long time in the past

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

46/50

oh, and much respect

 

[Antigone]

46/50

Missed Embryo/Blastocyst/Zygote, Eris/Ceres/Nyx, Molybdenum/Palladium, and The cloud one.

A lot of these were legit questions about facts but some just had to do with convention (what letter/greek letter do we use) or nomenclature.

See, that's where liberal arts come in: I guessed Palladium. Guess that year of ancient Greek I took paid off.

Somewhat.

 

[MoreCoffee]

50 Correct 0 Wrong
You answered 50 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 100%.

Some were half guesses based on the hints in the question - like the Greek words and stuff - but I think that the quiz was aimed at high-school level science.

 

[Needing_Grace]

50 Correct 0 Wrong
You answered 50 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 100%.

Some were half guesses based on the hints in the question - like the Greek words and stuff - but I think that the quiz was aimed at high-school level science.

I'm not worthy.

I got 37/50. I need more science classes.

 

[Antigone]

I'm not worthy.

I got 37/50. I need more science classes.

I suspect the people here who post the most about science need them more than you do. I'm guessing most people won't get more than half.

 

[MikeK]

I suspect the people here who post the most about science need them more than you do. I'm guessing most people won't get more than half.

I learned everything I need to know about science from the Old Testament and Halliburton and good old fashioned common sence, ever hear of it? I didn't like the Marxist slant of the quiz.