Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz

13 softball pitches....

How about something hard?

Even the canoe question took me only 30 seconds of application of scientific principles to nail down.

The cinder block is (at least I have to assume, since most cinder blocks I've seen will sink) more dense than the water. While in the canoe, the cinder block will, through for force it exerts on the water via the surface of the canoe, displace the amount of water to equal to its weight, which in this case would be a volume of water that is MORE than the volume of the block itself. When the block is in the water, the block can only displace the amount of water that is EQUAL to its volume. Therefore, the water level will go down.

This is SCIENCE people!!

Yep. My 10 year old just got 10 out of 13. The force is strong with this one.

My results:

"You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly."

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

Same. These are very easy questions. The results aren't too bad for the population, though. I was expecting worse (I teach college gen chem and have little faith in high school science education).

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:devil: wow, lots of dummies don't know the makeup of the atmosphere.

they should have included "air" as one of the choices ("hot air" if the quiz was being given in D.C.)

There's no air in DC, only water vapor and exhaust.

My 11 year old girl just scored 12/13.

I sent this quiz out to the people I work with. I work at a science center, but I can guarantee there are a few who probably couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, let alone answer some of these questions. I think that they'd do even worse on a quiz about common sense. I swear, one dingbat didn't know that oil floated on water. :noway:

I found it satisfying that there were laser questions on a Pew web site.

Pew pew pew!

Bwahahahahaha!

I sent this quiz out to the people I work with. I work at a science center, but I can guarantee there are a few who probably couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, let alone answer some of these questions. I think that they'd do even worse on a quiz about common sense. I swear, one dingbat didn't know that oil floated on water. :noway:

I know for sure my supervisor missed four. Another guy missed three. Oh goodness.

I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

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I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

Are you seriously suggesting that women's performance in the sciences has anything to do with how anyone does on this quiz? This stuff is covered in middle school.

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I sent this quiz out to the people I work with. I work at a science center, but I can guarantee there are a few who probably couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, let alone answer some of these questions. I think that they'd do even worse on a quiz about common sense. I swear, one dingbat didn't know that oil floated on water. :noway:

I know for sure my supervisor missed four. Another guy missed three. Oh goodness.

Oh my gosh, that is scary. I do not even want to know what science center you work at. Anyone that works in the science field should be ashamed for missing any of those questions.

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I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

You mean some women.

I'm talking relative populations.

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I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

Are you seriously suggesting that women's performance in the sciences has anything to do with how anyone does on this quiz? This stuff is covered in middle school.

Um, no, I'm seriously referring to the well established fact that there are fewer female chemists, physicists, and engineers than there are female biologists.

I would know, I am a female chemist.

Fantastic. Then perhaps you can explain to me the logic of why the number of female chemists, physicists and engineers and biologists should have anything to do with how your average phone survey respondent performs on a quiz with 13 questions that tests middle school knowledge.

Fantastic. Then perhaps you can explain to me the logic of why the number of female chemists, physicists and engineers and biologists should have anything to do with how your average phone survey respondent performs on a quiz with 13 questions that tests middle school knowledge.

It's pretty simple. The percentage of women who take an active interest in the health and biological scientists is higher than the percentage that take an interest in physical sciences. They are statistically more likely to have taken a relevant course in college/high school, and statistically more likely to have picked up a book/magazine/watched a history special on those topics.

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I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

You mean some women.

Ahem... :drinker: :bigsmile:

ROR

*snort*

As an aside, I've always been fascinated with engineering and fancy I would have made a good one....except that I hate math. Advanced mathematics made my eyes bleed....