Do you know more about science and technology than the average American?

[Ave07]

Please don't turn this thread into a nation bashing thread.

With that out of the way I found a quiz that asks 13 questions which apparently most Americans got wrong.

Try it out and see where you stand!

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/

I personally got a 10/13, guess I should have payed more attention in class.

[Rukentuts]

13/13

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

Male, College Grad.

[Bullus]

13/13.... woot

chem uni drop out..... stupid work commitments

[Mifuyne]

11/13, didn't study further then basic highschool due to some "problems"
fuck yeah.

[Seranthor]

12/13... but then again.. I graduated in 1985.

[Deleted]

13/13, the questions are very childish but I had to guess what "fracking" was, all I could think of was Battlestar Galactica.

[Deleted]

I got 13/13 right, they are pretty easy questions

[Breccia]

No spoilers but..holy crap, "most Americans" got the first one wrong? Holy crap!

[Coffer]

7/13. I've never had any sort of interest in the things that were mentioned in that quiz, so I'm fine with the result.

[Rukentuts]

No spoilers but..holy crap, "most Americans" got the first one wrong? Holy crap!

Look at how many people get the atmosphere composition question wrong. I guarantee you that most of those wrong answered "Oxygen", even though if that were the case the atmosphere itself would combust.

[Tokru]

13/13, quite hard to answer something wrong in this quiz.

[Adam Jensen]

Are you serious?

13/13. Those questions were easy, but I scored better than 93% of my countrymen?

We need to seriously improve our scientific education here.

How are there people who exist that don't know that electrons are smaller than atoms?

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Look at how many people get the atmosphere composition question wrong. I guarantee you that most of those wrong answered "Oxygen", even though if that were the case the atmosphere itself would combust.

I suppose that's understandable because when we think about the atmosphere, we probably think about the gases in it that we use or impact the weather, like oxygen and water vapor. But yes, the atmosphere is ~70% nitrogen, ~20% oxygen (these numbers are from memory so they're not exact) and yes, even a small percent increase in oxygen would set the world on fire.

[Terahertz]

10/13 here, I'm ashamed to say I got the two questions wrong people have mentioned in this thread so far... and also the fracking one. :P

[Deleted]

12/13

Was not familiar with the term "fracking", not english speaking native.

[anveena]

12 out of 13

I got the atmosphere one wrong.

[Rukentuts]

10/13 here, I'm ashamed to say I got the two questions wrong people have mentioned in this thread so far... and also the fracking one. :P

Considering I don't hear much internationally about fracking, it's quite understandable that many people outside the USA aren't familiar with it.

[Juvencus]

13/13, the questions are very childish but I had to guess what "fracking" was, all I could think of was Battlestar Galactica.

12/13 because I guessed wrong :<

Overall it's middle school level of question and common sense.

[Adam Jensen]

Considering I don't hear much internationally about fracking, it's quite understandable that many people outside the USA aren't familiar with it.

I'm in the US, haven't followed it much. I just knew it was some procedure for obtaining natural gas and it's causing concern among environmentalists.

[Deleted]

9/13

The ones I got wrong, I had no idea of what to answer on those. And I find it hard to believe the average American couldn't atleast answer 50% of these questions right...

[Rukentuts]

I'm in the US, haven't followed it much. I just knew it was some procedure for obtaining natural gas and it's causing concern among environmentalists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

Just for people to look at if they so please.