Science quiz! See how you stack up.

[StriderTB 10]

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

 

At the end, you can see how you compare to the average American.

[johnp 45]

You answered 11 of 13 questions correctly.

You scored better than 75% of the public, below 15% and the same as 10%.

 

 

 

Fun! I like quizzes like this.

[seamusSU 0]

13 for 13.

(I am a scientist though)

[fishnut 2,358]

13 out of 13 they were pretty easy

[StriderTB 10]

The most interesting thing is the statistical breakdown at the end of the quiz, showing the various percentages of people who got the question right. Some of the results are frightening.

[Shane45 807]

Does this make me a geek or something?

 

Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz Results

 

You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.

[Shane45 807]

98% of the 7% catagory are NJGF members

[BlueLineFish 615]

11 out of 13. Im ok with that

[AS350Driver 56]

13 for 13, pretty basic questions though.

[Rysdad 5]

You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%.

 

 

see? I is smaat

[Rysdad 5]

13 out of 13 they were pretty easy

Maybe they just seem easy to you...

[tmpnj 0]

13 out of 13. I'm interested to see the results as more people take it.

[PeteF 1,044]

13 out of 13 they were pretty easy

 

What he said

[JustJoe 0]

You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.

 

Highschool barely out.

[H.M. Murdock 0]

What up NABISCO

 

13/13 in 43 seconds

 

Nailed it.

[jm1827 284]

13 out of 13 - better than 93% of the public. They were fairly easy.

[leahcim 680]

13 out of 13

I had to re-read several questions though--they seemed to easy and I kept thinking they were trick questions.

The distribution is pretty sad, especially when you look at the breakdown by question--less than half answered correctly about relative size of electrons or understood the most basic concept of lasers?

And 80% do not have the most basic understanding of the makeup our atmosphere?

 

Of course if it were a quiz on pop culture, hollywood stars, and reality TV I am sure my results would be abysmal. I really don't pay enough attention to that stuff ;-)

[JackDaWack 2,895]

13 out of 13 - better than 93% of the public. They were fairly easy.

That's an understatement, the only one people should have had any problem on was the last question dealing with fracking.

[maintenanceguy 510]

[NicePants 58]

I got 12/13. I went herpderp mode and picked hydrogen for the atmosphere question.

[ogfarmer 138]

You answered 11 of 13 questions correctly.

[stevek 0]

13 for 13, pretty basic questions though.

 

Same here.

[Malsua 1,422]

13 of 13 and most real scientists do not believe CO2 is the "chief warming gas". That honor belongs to water vapor and Methane.

[voyager9 3,437]

13/13...

[anactivegrenade 25]

13/13. Lucky guess on the atmosphere question though.

[Howard 538]

Darn it I only got 13 correct Oh, wait there were only 13.

 

13

 

 

Total number of questions answered correctly

These percentages only reflect the 1,006 adults that took part in the national survey; online quiz results are not included in the sample.

[NJKen 23]

You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%.

 

 

It would seem as though the people posting here are all score better than at least 75% of non gun owners!

Ken

[10X 3,306]

13 for 13.

(I am a scientist though)

 

You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly

 

(another scientist here)

[JackDaWack 2,895]

13 of 13 and most real scientists do not believe CO2 is the "chief warming gas". That honor belongs to water vapor and Methane.

True, but the question was worded to pick any greenhouse gas... CO2 is actually worse than methane, but ONLY because there is double+ the amount and it stays up there longer..

[djg0770 481]

13/13.

 

Agree w Malsua but no surprise there either...