Posted on 04/27/2006 7:29:29 PM PDT by Paddlefish
Think you know you know your science? Recently, several science gurus -- Nobel Prize winners, institute heads, teachers and others who spend most of their time thinking about science -- were asked, "What is one science question every high school graduate should be able to answer?" Take their quiz and see how you do. 1. What percentage of the earth is covered by water? ROBERT GAGOSIAN, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE
2. What sorts of signals does the brain use to communicate sensations, thoughts and actions? TORSTEN WEISEL, ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK
3. Did dinosaurs and humans ever exist at the same time? ANDREW C. REVKIN, NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE REPORTER
4. What is Darwin's theory of the origin of species? JONATHAN WEINER, 1995 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
Even if you did learn basic science in school, these questions might be tough to answer, according to O. Roger Anderson, professor of science education at Teachers College at Columbia University.
"People are so deeply involved in their family lives and professions," Anderson said. "How are they supposed to remember this stuff?"
1. Who created all of it?
6/10
Who, who wrote the book of love?
Well it took me about 4 seconds to answer all 4, so what was hard about it.
Most high-schoolers these day's probably couldn't answer "Who's your daddy?"
That's a theology question.
Those were the easiest, but it still wasn't really that hard.
It's an excerpt. Go to the link for full test and discussion.
Yes I graduated from high school (and college!)
The Monotones, thaz who.
9/10. I guessed the oldest fossils were 3 billion not 4.
I got this one wrong (according to the author). I said it's because of the ancient Babylonian base-60 (sexigesimal) numbering system.
Darwinist bias.
9/10, got the extra credit correct. This is pretty basic. But, people don't even know Chicago is on Lake Michigan, or Canada is on our northern border. Public schools are more worried about Adam and Steve than math, science, reading, history and geography.
I got #9 wrong... "How old are the oldest fossils on earth?"
I think it is a little tricky as well. Most of us would go off track into anthropology and think along why ancient cultures set a day to be 24 hours etc. Obviously since the question is from a science perspective, it must be thought from Earth's orbits and rotations.
This question is standard primary [elementary] school science material in Hong Kong - around Primary 4 (Grade 4/5).
better yet, who put the bomp in the bompshebomp and who put the the lam in the ramalamadingdong?
I never go to links, don't want any bug's in computer, nor do I wish to trip traffic count. If the rest of the test was as easy as the first four it wasn't much, and that was what the first post said.
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