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05-04-2014, 10:28 AM
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The future is unwritten
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Scientific Literacy Quiz
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. 
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05-04-2014, 11:46 AM
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B.O.F.
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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. |
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05-04-2014, 11:56 AM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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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.
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05-04-2014, 12:01 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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80%. Irritated at myself for a few of the ones I missed, I should have known them.
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05-04-2014, 02:25 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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68% Not bad for a River Rat.
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05-04-2014, 03:17 PM
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Radical Centrist
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84% some good guessing going on
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05-04-2014, 03:47 PM
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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.
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05-04-2014, 09:39 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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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
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart |
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05-04-2014, 09:44 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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answer: I got bored. I had one wrong out of maybe 14. I'm going to bed
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart |
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05-04-2014, 11:54 PM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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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.
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05-05-2014, 12:52 AM
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polaroid of perfection
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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.
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05-05-2014, 03:16 AM
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trying hard to be a better person
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I'm happy with that.
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05-05-2014, 08:16 AM
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05-05-2014, 08:27 AM
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To shreds, you say?
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Crashed and burned. 62% got a whole mess wrong when I shouldn't have, and had to guess a few.
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05-05-2014, 08:34 AM
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I hear them call the tide
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