Scientific literacy quiz

[46AND2]

This is a pretty decent quiz:

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

Be interested to see how well you all do. No googling!

 

[Elendur]

You answered 40 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 80%.
Those darn planets and physics constants.

Better than last time (it has been here before).

 

[46AND2]

You answered 40 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 80%.
Those darn planets and physics constants.

Better than last time (it has been here before).

Nice job. It said the average score was 34/50.

Sorry for the repeat thread. I'll do a search.

 

[Bungle_Bear]

42! Not bad for a linguist who last took a science lesson 30 years ago

To be fair, there were a couple of lucky guesses, and some I worked out because I know languages and ancient history.

 

[Strathos]

45/50, 90%.

Lost it on Radon, Mars' coloration, a Newton applied to 200 grams, coefficient of friction, and nimbus

 

[46AND2]

45/50, 90%.

Lost it on Radon, Mars' coloration, a Newton applied to 200 grams, coefficient of friction, and nimbus

I missed 4 of those (got the Mars' coloration), plus:

lowest gravity planet
object which demoted Pluto
cell division phases
catalytic converter

 

[Strathos]

I missed 4 of those (got the Mars' coloration), plus:

lowest gravity planet

Mars is pretty small, so that one wasn't hard.

object which demoted Pluto

I figured everyone here would know that one, considering how much the whole Pluto thing is brought up by a certain poster

cell division phases

I remembered this from high school

catalytic converter

TBH I didn't know this one but I got it from the clue that it was named after the epithet of Athena, I study religions and mythology so I knew Pallas Athena -> Palladium.

 

[JamesKurtovich]

64%

Gives me more motivation to learn. Not bad for someone who failed Biology and Earth Science in HS.

 

[46AND2]

Mars is pretty small, so that one wasn't hard.



I figured everyone here would know that one, considering how much the whole Pluto thing is brought up by a certain poster



I remembered this from high school



TBH I didn't know this one but I got it from the clue that it was named after the epithet of Athena, I study religions and mythology so I knew Pallas Athena -> Palladium.

lol. yeah, what little I know about astronomy I've learned from my brother mostly, who is really into it. Just doesn't interest me much.

I don't know much about catalytic converters, but recalled that cadmium is/was involved with them somehow, so I guessed that. The other clues in the question did nothing for me.

I always did get meiosis and mitosis mixed up, heh.

 

[Wiccan_Child]

49/50

DAMN YOU WATT

 

[sfs]

49/50. On the one hand, I only got one wrong because I wasn't paying attention to what the question asked (I really do know F=ma); on the other hand, I only got -nimbus right because I've taken the test before.

 

[Tinker Grey]

46/50

 

[durangodawood]

55/50.

(I gave it 110%)

 

[Naraoia]

49/50

DAMN YOU WATT

Damn, a mere physicist beat me by one!

And I even got all the numbers questions right. Without a calculator or even an envelope. I was so darn proud of myself.

Then again, getting the momentum question wrong? I kind of deserved it

 

[Casual Observer]

45/50, 90%.

Lost it on Radon, Mars' coloration, a Newton applied to 200 grams, coefficient of friction, and nimbus

HA! Got ya on 3 of those, and should have known nimbus. (Don't test when tired)

 

[KCfromNC]

44/50.

Seemed more a science trivia test than anything else. Which dinosaur was on a stamp? Memorize the periodic table? Who is this constant named after and when did he live? That's not science - that's an English major's idea of what science is.

There were a few good questions mixed in there. But the fact that you can answer most of them with about 2 seconds using Google means this is a test of whether you memorized the correct stuff in a class rather than whether you actually understand science beyond sound-bites.

 

[Wiccan_Child]

44/50.

Seemed more a science trivia test than anything else. Which dinosaur was on a stamp? Memorize the periodic table? Who is this constant named after and when did he live? That's not science - that's an English major's idea of what science is.

It's a science literacy test, not a science test.

 

[Ryal Kane]

42! Not bad for a linguist who last took a science lesson 30 years ago

To be fair, there were a couple of lucky guesses, and some I worked out because I know languages and ancient history.

Same score and some of the same lucky guesses due to languages.

 

[sfs]

44/50.

Seemed more a science trivia test than anything else. Which dinosaur was on a stamp? Memorize the periodic table? Who is this constant named after and when did he live? That's not science - that's an English major's idea of what science is.

Hey, I was an English major. Don't go casting nasturtiums at English majors.

 

[elahmine]

An unfortunate 43 of 50