Do you Know more about Science than the Average American

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I got 14 right, only missed the maffs questions.

[Ian]

13/13. Proof that I'm brilliant.

[klr]

13 out of 13 here.

Only seven percent got all 13?

That's stunning.

"Worrying" might be better.

There was another quiz a couple of years ago where a lot of people here got 40 - 45 out of 50. This quiz is trivial by comparison.

[klr]

According to the sample results, some of the best-answered questions were those on sunscreen and antibiotics. The toughest question by far was the one on the Earth's atmosphere.

[Jason]

Makes sense. It was the most esoteric of the lot. I should know what Fracking is about, but I didn't.. just made an educated guess.

[Svartalf]

People forget that we are mostly breathing nitrogen?

[klr]

Makes sense. It was the most esoteric of the lot. I should know what Fracking is about, but I didn't.. just made an educated guess.

But ... but ... but ... it's elementary stuff. Literally. 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, .7% Argon. I knew that when I was probably 8 years old.

Fracking on the other hand has only been on the public radar for the last few years, but it is rapidly becoming a political hot potato, if it it's not that already in some places.

[Tero]

It was all simple stuff.

I once applied to pharmacy school when it was still 5 years. I did not go, but took this PCAT test. I wonder how many perfect scores they see a year? Maybe 100.

[tattuchu]

I aced that quiz but they were baby questions. Are people seriously that retarded? I mean, I ain't no genius or anything, no Edward Eisentein or nuthin, but I still got those retard questions right

Sorry. I meant Alfred Eisentstein.

[klr]

On a not entirely unrelated matter ...

"No 'Silver Bullet' for Science Standards" - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 142300.htm

[Warren Dew]

According to the sample results, some of the best-answered questions were those on sunscreen and antibiotics. The toughest question by far was the one on the Earth's atmosphere.

Only 20% got that one - I wanted to go back and see what the wrong answers were. Do the global warming enthusiasts think CO2 has overtaken O2?

I answered all of them the way they wanted me to, but the "size of an electron" one is kind of questionable - based on quantum mechanics, electrons are what determines atom size, so the answer should be that they're the same size.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

According to the sample results, some of the best-answered questions were those on sunscreen and antibiotics. The toughest question by far was the one on the Earth's atmosphere.

Only 20% got that one - I wanted to go back and see what the wrong answers were. Do the global warming enthusiasts think CO2 has overtaken O2?

I answered all of them the way they wanted me to, but the "size of an electron" one is kind of questionable - based on quantum mechanics, electrons are what determines atom size, so the answer should be that they're the same size.

Technically, it's the outer electron shell that defines the diameter of the atom, which may contain more than one electron. Also, an electron has no definite position, only a range of probabilities including every point in the universe! How much space it takes up is debatable - but it certainly has a lot less mass than a total atom. The simple answer is that the electron is smaller though.

[FBM]

Did this on FB. The only one I missed was the one at the end about my age group.

[SteveB]

Makes sense. It was the most esoteric of the lot. I should know what Fracking is about, but I didn't.. just made an educated guess.

Fracking and Mountaintop removal mining are both pretty controversial extraction techniques as of late. Matt Damon even made a movie about one of dem! At least, I think he did.

[tattuchu]

The atmosphere question was the only one that make me think for a second. In my apartment, of course, methane is the gas most prevalent