Are you scientifically literate?

Galteeth

A neat quiz from the christian science monitor. Post scores!

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/201...h-s-atmosphere

Pythagorean

86%, mostly failed astronomy questions about which moons were where and who's the brightest next to the moon, etc. And I thought nimbus meant vertically developed, not precipitating.

Jimmy

I also scored 86%. Missed mostly life science questions.

I got the nimbus question wrong as well- answered "high altitude".

AnTiFreeze3

70%. That was a nice quiz, although being fluent in Greek would have certainly helped.

renz

70%. Showed me I need to learn more about geology and biology. I forgot a whole lot of what I learned. Also got a bunch of solar-system questions wrong, which I feel bad about considering I'm an astronomer.

Evo

I couldn't resist the urge to cheat.

Sadly, most of my answers came from watching documentaries on tv, or is that a good thing?

Andre

I think the quiz was linked to before, I recognized the question with paleolithic and Pleistocene, since both dating are about equal but the definition is different.

zoobyshoe

82%. I wouldn't even have gotten that score except they give alternate routes to the answer, such as the Latin origin of the name of the correct answer.

Ibix

94%. I got nimbus, the moon with liquid water and the coefficient of friction wrong (I always used k). I educated-guessed a couple of the biology ones.

The way the questions are constructed, a decent classicist could get about half marks knowing nothing about science - see Athena and Thunder Lizard, for example.

Drakkith

88%! Woo!

Jimmy Snyder

94%. I got lowest surface gravity, nimbus, and 8 minutes from sun to earth wrong. I knew the answer for sun to earth, but clicked on 8 seconds instead of 8 minutes.

I want to strangle the guy who decided that in order to take a quiz with 50 multiple choice questions in it, it would be necessary to download 100 web pages.

Jimmy

^ I know. You have to click 'next' twice to get to the next question.

M Quack

92% without cheating, but with a good portion of luck. The Nimbus got me, and so did radon (shame on me!), thymine and the zygote. I won't tell which ones I guessed :-)

BTW, how high do you have to score to count as literate?

Drakkith

Quote by M Quack

92% without cheating, but with a good portion of luck. The Nimbus got me, and so did radon (shame on me!), thymine and the zygote. I won't tell which ones I guessed :-)

BTW, how high do you have to score to count as literate?

You are 92% literate sir.

EricVT

84%

Would have been a few points lower were it not for good guessing/elimination strategies. If I had to fill in the blank as the answer things would have been pretty different.

*DaveC426913*

88%.

I blame it on professor Elizabeth Harbron, who was giving me the Evil Eye throughout the entire test.

Evo

Quote by DaveC426913

88%. Do I have to tear my science badge off my uniform?

just cheat

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Galteeth	Are you scientifically literate? Tweet A neat quiz from the christian science monitor. Post scores! http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/201...h-s-atmosphere

Pythagorean Recognitions: Gold Member	86%, mostly failed astronomy questions about which moons were where and who's the brightest next to the moon, etc. And I thought nimbus meant vertically developed, not precipitating.

Jimmy Recognitions: Gold Member	I also scored 86%. Missed mostly life science questions. I got the nimbus question wrong as well- answered "high altitude".

AnTiFreeze3 Recognitions: Gold Member	Are you scientifically literate? 70%. That was a nice quiz, although being fluent in Greek would have certainly helped.

renz	70%. Showed me I need to learn more about geology and biology. I forgot a whole lot of what I learned. Also got a bunch of solar-system questions wrong, which I feel bad about considering I'm an astronomer.

Evo Mentor Blog Entries: 4	I couldn't resist the urge to cheat. Sadly, most of my answers came from watching documentaries on tv, or is that a good thing?

Andre Blog Entries: 2 Recognitions: Gold Member	I think the quiz was linked to before, I recognized the question with paleolithic and Pleistocene, since both dating are about equal but the definition is different.

zoobyshoe	82%. I wouldn't even have gotten that score except they give alternate routes to the answer, such as the Latin origin of the name of the correct answer.

Ibix	94%. I got nimbus, the moon with liquid water and the coefficient of friction wrong (I always used k). I educated-guessed a couple of the biology ones. The way the questions are constructed, a decent classicist could get about half marks knowing nothing about science - see Athena and Thunder Lizard, for example.

Jimmy Snyder Blog Entries: 1 Recognitions: Gold Member	94%. I got lowest surface gravity, nimbus, and 8 minutes from sun to earth wrong. I knew the answer for sun to earth, but clicked on 8 seconds instead of 8 minutes. I want to strangle the guy who decided that in order to take a quiz with 50 multiple choice questions in it, it would be necessary to download 100 web pages.

M Quack	92% without cheating, but with a good portion of luck. The Nimbus got me, and so did radon (shame on me!), thymine and the zygote. I won't tell which ones I guessed :-) BTW, how high do you have to score to count as literate?

EricVT	84% Would have been a few points lower were it not for good guessing/elimination strategies. If I had to fill in the blank as the answer things would have been pretty different.

DaveC426913	88%. I blame it on professor Elizabeth Harbron, who was giving me the Evil Eye throughout the entire test.