Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/ ^

[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.

[5th MEB]

MUCHO just sticks in my head because that is one of the choices on an ILLEGAL ALIEN drivers license.

[logi_cal869]

13, huh?

Eh:

[zeugma]

All 13, but one question was a ringer: “What gas do MOST scientists believe causes temperatures in the atmosphere to rise”

I thought the same thing, but if you look at the ones actually listed, only CO₂ is present in the atmosphere in enough concentration to do much of anything. If they'd listed H₂O, I'd have selected it instead.

[zeugma]

The correct answer is hydrogen since that is the gas which undergoes fusion in the sun generating the heat which warms the earth.

True. I was not thinking on quite that scale.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Same here. Being a redneck has advantages.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

‘12/13 - missed the one about the most plentiful gas in the atmosphere. But not bad for an “anti-science”, right-wing, Fox-viewing Neanderthal.’

Same here even missed the same one. 60.

[Springman]

Bump.

[RedWhiteBlue]

56 yo F, 13/13

It was fairly easy, but I don’t think the point of it was to see how bright someone is. Rather, it was to look at the adult population and see how many could answer some basic questions.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

They weren’t too difficult. No right brain questions at all

[Patriot777]

Yes, should be more questions and harder ones, too. I scored 13 out of 13.

[reg45]

Gotta look at the big picture.

[Steve_Seattle]

When I think of nitrogen, I think of it as a component of soil. But apparently nitrogen comprises about 78-80% of the atmosphere.

[billphx]

same here. Kind of scary, isn’t it?

[tinyowl]

Question 14 about gender was probably pretty difficult if not impossible for a lot of Americans.

[Mom MD]

I guess thats why I aced it. Last time I looked I was a woman. Actually questions were very basic, not one was even close to a head scratcher.....

[Mom MD]

Electrons are one component of atoms

[mrsmith]

From what I’ve heard, in Seattle ‘apparently’ water comprises about 78-80% of the atmosphere...

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

not one was even close to a head scratcher.....

Not even one. We won't be seeing you on a Jessie Watters' segment, not entertainment value.

[Mom MD]

questions in some other field might make me Watters material, but I find his segments depressing not entertaining. I keep thinking “and these people vote...” No wonder the current clown in the white house has been elected twice

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I concur 100%