Scientific Literacy Quiz

xoxoxoBruce • May 4, 2014 11:28 am
A difficult Christian Science Monitor quiz on your knowledge of scientific terms, what they call "Scientific Literacy".

I did poorly on this test, 58, mostly because my chemistry learning knot gud.:blush:
BardoXV • May 4, 2014 12:46 pm
[Your score
40 Correct 10 Wrong 80%
You answered 40 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 80%.]

My wrong answers were all over the place, mostly in the fine details.
DanaC • May 4, 2014 12:56 pm
How scientifically literate am I?

Not very ;p

You answered 24 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 48%

Many were guesses. Others were based on an understanding of language rather than of science.
Clodfobble • May 4, 2014 1:01 pm
80%. Irritated at myself for a few of the ones I missed, I should have known them.
fargon • May 4, 2014 3:25 pm
68% Not bad for a River Rat.
Undertoad • May 4, 2014 4:17 pm
84% some good guessing going on
glatt • May 4, 2014 4:47 pm
78%. Irritated at myself for a few of the ones I missed, I should have known them. And I clicked too fast on one without thinking first. If I had slowed down, I would have gotten that one.
monster • May 4, 2014 10:39 pm
Hmmm I stopped learning Chemistry aged 13, let's see shall we...... (because they wouldn't exempt me from experiments with fumes that irritated my asthmas or allow me to wear protective gloves :rolleyes: )
monster • May 4, 2014 10:44 pm
answer: I got bored. I had one wrong out of maybe 14. I'm going to bed
Happy Monkey • May 5, 2014 12:54 am
90%

Missed a couple periodic table location questions, the acceleration calculation, the name of the dwarf planet, and the meaning of nimbus.

Had a 50/50 guess on mitosis/meiosis, and got a couple others by the non-scientific hints in the question.
Sundae • May 5, 2014 1:52 am
monster;898377 wrote:
answer: I got bored. I had one wrong out of maybe 14. I'm going to bed

Ditto, it moved too slowly for me.

It's not my area of expertise, but like HM I was able to pick up some clues in the questions. I had more than one wrong before I quit, but I was surprised by how well I was doing. Just not surprised enough to carry on.
Aliantha • May 5, 2014 4:16 am
52%

I'm happy with that.
glatt • May 5, 2014 9:16 am
monster;898377 wrote:
I got bored. I had one wrong out of maybe 14.


I started off strong like that too. But then it started getting harder for me. YMMV.
footfootfoot • May 5, 2014 9:27 am
Crashed and burned. 62% got a whole mess wrong when I shouldn't have, and had to guess a few.
monster • May 5, 2014 9:34 am
glatt;898390 wrote:
I started off strong like that too. But then it started getting harder for me. YMMV.


my mileage didn't notice questions getting harder, but I was running on empty by that point ;)
Spexxvet • May 5, 2014 10:03 am
Undertoad;898349 wrote:
84% some good guessing going on


Happy Monkey;898380 wrote:
90%

Missed a couple periodic table location questions, the acceleration calculation, the name of the dwarf planet, and the meaning of nimbus.

Had a 50/50 guess on mitosis/meiosis, and got a couple others by the non-scientific hints in the question.


Like these guys.

Surprised myself



43 Correct
7 Wrong
86%

You answered 43 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 86%.
BigV • May 5, 2014 2:06 pm
Thanks to you guys for your tips, take my time, read for contextual clues, pack a lunch, and guess well. I managed to score 88%.

Not bad, a couple of my guesses were wrong. But some were right, too. Fun quiz, thanks!
Gravdigr • May 5, 2014 5:43 pm
I'm doing it.

This should be a catastrophe.
BigV • May 5, 2014 5:47 pm
like this?

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Gravdigr • May 5, 2014 5:58 pm
No, more like this:

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BigV • May 5, 2014 6:00 pm
so, *not* a catastrophe.
Gravdigr • May 5, 2014 7:44 pm
Not a total catpostrophe.

Fairly catastrophic.
monster • May 5, 2014 9:48 pm
ok made it through: 72%, couple of facepalm-stupid errors
footfootfoot • May 7, 2014 2:15 pm
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