Americans get D in science quiz

[Queen Mamadala]

10/12.

Not bad considering I only took a basic science class my junior year of high school. Most of what I've learned since then is from my post-creationist days.

[Chuppathingy]

12/12 ;D

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Sept 11, 2015 17:37:07 GMT -5 litebright said:

LOLOLOL forever. I got them all right except the question about Denver and boiling water.

It might boil at a lower temperature, but damn, it feels like it takes things so much longer to cook here compared to sea level.

I got that one wrong. I thought it was a trick question. I know there is a temperature thing with altitude but I thought the water boiling must be a trick. Oops.
11/12. Not bad.

[shell403b]

11, missed the mag glass q.

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11/12

I thought I got the magnifying glass one wrong. It was the sound wave one. As soon as I read the right answer I was all, "oh. Well obviously."

[MixedBerryJam]

Sept 11, 2015 16:52:23 GMT -5 cap said:

11/12. I clicked the wrong damn button about boiling water.

I have to admit I side-eyed the question about astrology. I don't exactly consider that to be a science.

I was sure I got that one right. Water boils at 212F. I thought it just took longer to get to the boiling point at higher elevation.  Now I know better!

[sporky]

10/12 here

[aurora]

Since so many people are talking about the water boiling one I'll geek professor for a minute:

Lower atmospheric pressure means that water doesn't have to fight as hard against the atmosphere pushing down on it to turn into steam - in other words, it needs less energy to boil away. Less energy means less heat, and therefore you get to the lower boiling point answer.

[redwino]

Sept 11, 2015 17:47:13 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

9/12. Got the water boiling temp in Denver wrong, the loudness question (I said wavelength), and the light through a magnifying glass questions wrong.

I got all these wrong plus the comet one. I said asteroid.

[redwino]

Sept 12, 2015 6:52:05 GMT -5 gravytrain225 said:

So who is going to be the first to own up to a bad grade?

I got 8 out of 12 Science has always been my worst subject. I can read a graph, know the difference between astronomy and astrology, and have a slight idea of how my phone works. I think I'm good.

[heyjude]

Lowest score checking in. 8.

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 12, 2015 9:22:19 GMT -5 aurora said:

Since so many people are talking about the water boiling one I'll geek professor for a minute:

Lower atmospheric pressure means that water doesn't have to fight as hard against the atmosphere pushing down on it to turn into steam - in other words, it needs less energy to boil away. Less energy means less heat, and therefore you get to the lower boiling point answer.

Hot. Say something else sciencey.

[nsl]

All of those years watching Newton's Apple with my dad apparently paid off, because I got 11/12. The stupid water boiling altitude question totally threw me.

[kirra]

11/12. I missed the water boiling question.

I guessed on the vaccine creator question. I knew what everyone else did, so I picked the person I didn't recognize.

I also guessed on the magnifier question. I know you can start a fire by shining light through a magnifier, so I picked the image that looked like it would increase heat.

[redwino]

Sept 12, 2015 10:27:02 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Lowest score checking in. 8.

Liked your post as a fellow low scorer

[ttt]

12/12 ::flips hair::

The demographics of each question are interesting, especially which ones the oldz did well on and which ones they got blown away by the Millennials.

The racial breakdown was just sobering. Disparity of education, right there.

[sparrowsong]

Easy 12/12, but as someone with a bachelors in biochem and a doctorate in optics I would hope my understanding of basic science is solid. Plus I grew up in Colorado so the differences in cooking at altitude is something we hear about. (If you really want to boil water fast, cook it on a mountaintop and add salt. The salt ions disrupt the attraction between the water molecules, making it even easier for them to escape the liquid state and become gas.)

I just read another article on the same subject that found 1/4 Americans believe the sun orbits the earth. It's mind blowing to me how little thought some people give the world. I can't understand not imagining and being curious about how it all works. How can you go through life so devoid of curiosity you haven't even pondered the Suns relationship with our planet? What *do* these people think about?

[laurenpetro]

11/12! Holy shit!

[aurora]

Sept 12, 2015 14:06:56 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

I just read another article on the same subject that found 1/4 Americans believe the sun orbits the earth. It's mind blowing to me how little thought some people give the world. I can't understand not imagining and being curious about how it all works. How can you go through life so devoid of curiosity you haven't even pondered the Suns relationship with our planet? What *do* these people think about?

Say what now? 25%?

No wonder we have trouble with science policy.

[Kristinmo]

Sept 12, 2015 16:41:33 GMT -5 aurora said:

Sept 12, 2015 14:06:56 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

I just read another article on the same subject that found 1/4 Americans believe the sun orbits the earth. It's mind blowing to me how little thought some people give the world. I can't understand not imagining and being curious about how it all works. How can you go through life so devoid of curiosity you haven't even pondered the Suns relationship with our planet? What *do* these people think about?

Say what now? 25%?

No wonder we have trouble with science policy.

No shit. Now I feel a whole lot better about my 9.

[Kristinmo]

Here's a link with the 25%.

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/14/277058739/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-survey-says

[gpw]

I am shocked at my 11/12. I got the magnifying glass wrong, too.

[Cicero]

11/12. The water boiling one got me.

[Deleted]

10/12. Not bad for a history major with almost 20yrs since a formal science class. Missed the altitude question (got it backwards), and guessed on the soundwave/volume question.

[Jalapeñomel]

I got 11/12...I missed the sound wave one. I hated physics. Lol

[oscarnerdjulief]

I got 11 out of 12. I'm very weak in science, but I remembered a lot from the classes I did take.

[lolo]

Sept 11, 2015 17:05:53 GMT -5 josieposy said:

10/12. I always get confused on the altitude questions and I had it backwards for the magnifying glass.

We are quiz result twins.

[macmars45]

9/12. Not bad considering science was a struggle for me in school.