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Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz
http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/ ^

Posted on 02/17/2015 9:41:00 AM PST by shove_it

Do you know more about science and technology than the average American?

Take our 13-question quiz to test your knowledge of scientific concepts. Then see how you did in comparison with the 1,006 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national poll conducted by the Pew Research Center and Smithsonian magazine.

(Excerpt) Read more at pewresearch.org ...


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To: shove_it

How can 93% of Americans not be able to answer all of the questions?

The NEA has performed a miracle.


101 posted on 02/17/2015 12:05:48 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: Little Pig

Noticed that little bit of subliminal advertising. Typical of the textbooks my kids used in school, as well.


102 posted on 02/17/2015 12:06:54 PM PST by DPMD
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To: MtnClimber

Question 12 did not say anything about global warming, it said atmospheric warming, and CO2 does cause some.

It is the answer to this question that will be misused by climate crazies, not the question itself.

They are employing a logical fallacy.

Scientists believe CO2 causes warming - TRUE

Scientist believe manmade CO2 causes added warming - TRUE

This additional warming is dangerous - NOT PROVEN and most likely not true. Only a pseudoscientist believes this to be true beyond question, and uses the answers above to give creedence to their claim.


103 posted on 02/17/2015 12:07:24 PM PST by Go_Raiders (Freedom doesn't give you the right to take from others, no matter how innocent your program sounds.)
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To: navyguy

Wait a minute. I just added up all the 13/13’s, ran the numbers through my obamacare calculator and found out that the percentile is now up to 35% from 7%.

Okay, just kidding. It’s 52%.


104 posted on 02/17/2015 12:09:11 PM PST by DPMD
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To: cynwoody

I can see it. Every muscle effort needs oxygen, and during an asthma attack, the lungs aren’t transferring O2 very well, and anything from walking to breathing [or trying to breathe] just keeps draining one’s blood dry of O2. It’s scary.


105 posted on 02/17/2015 12:14:04 PM PST by W. (Dem0crat-mandated education reform killed American progress. Thanks, morons!)
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To: shove_it

I missed the question about electrons being smaller than an atom. I must of over thought it. I am thinking about particle physics and if an electron even has a size at all, like it was a trick question. I need to turn in my nerd card.


106 posted on 02/17/2015 12:17:49 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Little Pig
one question was a ringer

Yes, it was a misleading question but you answered correctly because you could tell how they would score the answer.

What gas do most scientists believe causes temperatures in the atmosphere to rise?

What gas do most scientists believe rises causes following temperatures in the atmosphere rising?

Evidence exists supporting CO2 for both answers. The error in both questions is the implication that most scientist agree.

107 posted on 02/17/2015 12:35:56 PM PST by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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To: MtnClimber
13/13, but question 12 was a climate scam believer question. The correct answer is water vapor, but it was not offered as an answer.

Sometimes you just have to roll your eyes and play along.

108 posted on 02/17/2015 12:48:41 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: shove_it

I missed all of them. I couldn’t find “globala warming is to blame and the only solution is more government”


109 posted on 02/17/2015 12:49:12 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: shove_it

Got them all right, seemed pretty simple to me.


110 posted on 02/17/2015 1:04:35 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Little Pig

I actually read that on twice; most scientists that actually know the science, also know that it (gorebullsh#t warming) is just a computer model and cannot be proved in the real world.
I decided to answer in the PC manner just to get it right.


111 posted on 02/17/2015 1:09:52 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: shove_it

I got 100%
High school dropout here.


112 posted on 02/17/2015 1:13:13 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote fraud solution: Stake, Rope, Sugar and Bullet Ants.)
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To: shove_it
Got them all correct.....

Too easy!!

113 posted on 02/17/2015 1:13:17 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Gaffer

DAMN; I didn’t even know you were in my club.
You know: old geezers who have paid attention and don’t wear a pony tail.
I am assuming you don’t have a pony tail, but we both know what happens when we assume.


114 posted on 02/17/2015 1:17:01 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: from occupied ga

LOL!!!


115 posted on 02/17/2015 1:19:10 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

Next time just try answering “MUCHO”.


116 posted on 02/17/2015 1:19:30 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: reg45

Yes....I did forget to add that part.

Independent scientist tend to be more honest in their reports.


117 posted on 02/17/2015 1:24:34 PM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: shove_it

That was the easiest test I have seen in a while.

But it says only 7% have gotten them all right, I best most freepers will get 12 or 13 out of 13 right


118 posted on 02/17/2015 1:25:06 PM PST by GeronL
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

females did do better on about 2 of those questions, but not a whole lot better


119 posted on 02/17/2015 1:27:32 PM PST by GeronL
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To: 5th MEB
Next time just try answering “MUCHO”.

Or, as Jethro Bodine from The Beverly Hillbillies always answered the question, "Oh, boy!"

120 posted on 02/17/2015 1:29:24 PM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
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