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How scientifically literate are you. I'm a wee bit above average with a 68% (average 66%) .
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1209/Are-you-scientifically-literate-Take-our-quiz/Composing-about-78-percent-of-the-air-at-sea-level-what-is-the-most-common-gas-in-the-Earth-s-atmosphere#./How-did-you-do?&_suid=139948414821604048799763178029
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,587 posts)TexasTowelie
(111,938 posts)Unfortunately I missed some of the chemistry questions which was my college minor.
Paulie
(8,462 posts)I missed the physics ones that I didn't take a class in at either high school or college.
rurallib
(62,379 posts)74%.
Many I took the wrong one of two answers I had it down to.
I am fairly satisfied with that.
lululu
(301 posts)I guess that's not bad, seeing as how I haven't had a science class in many years.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)which only proves that shrewd guessing is as good as actual knowledge. I never took hard sciences in school -- I took biology. Probably accounted for a few right answers. All the rest were guesses. I nearly gave up on the process because it was so lengthy, but about half way, when I really started to guess answers, I decided I was curious enough to complete it and find out what my score is.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)Booyah for American Engineering! I'm a geek and proud of it.