Are You Scientifically Literate? Quiz

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stone, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house, and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.
~Jules Henri Poincaré

Take the Christian Science Monitor Scientific Literacy Quiz.

It is very challenging! I learned how much I remember (and how much I've forgotten) from various science classes I've had over the years. I got 28/50 - disappointing. I had to really search my brain to answer some of them. Funny - I missed the same types of questions I always have. I should brush up on physics equations and energy measurements - but that has been true since high school.




Note: I have never forgotten what element is represented by K on the periodic chart. It has remained an easily accessible fact since the day I learned it.

Something else I learned: The letter c is used to represent the speed of light in a vacuum. I am sure I never learned that. I am also fairly confidant that I won't remember it.