/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.7110714]

https://testmoz.com/461656

Lets see how scientifically literate /sci/ really is compared to other hell holes on the internet. Its for a stats class, so don't be a faggot. I'll post the results when i'm done.

[Anonymous No.7110721]

done 20/20 faggots

[Anonymous No.7111164]

75%
>inb4 retard

[Anonymous No.7111193]

>>7110714
Got 19/20 because I misclicked and said electrons are larger than atoms.
>should i anhero

[Anonymous No.7111202]

>>7110714
>tfw "Age" and "Country of residence" Residence are the only wrong answers

[Anonymous No.7111216]

>Which is the heaviest noble gas
Fuck you, I don't memorize the periodic table

[Anonymous No.7111220]

>>7110714
20/20

[Anonymous No.7111221]

>>7111216

Oh come on.

Radon is the radioactive one (which should be easy to remember), so obviously it's the heaviest.

[Anonymous No.7111223]

>>7110714
>thunder lizard question

since when have etymology and stamp history had anything to do with science?

[Anonymous No.7111225]

>>7111216
I never memorized the periodic table but you should at least know the noble gases.

>>7111223
So butthurt

[Anonymous No.7111227]

>>7111216
Neither do I, but I deductively reasoned it with this method:
>>7111221

If you knew your periodic trends (which is something that scientifically literate people should) then you would have chosen the correct answer.

[Anonymous No.7111229]

>>7111223
Isn't it common knowledge that Brontosaurus was a paleontological mistake?

[Anonymous No.7111234]

>>7110714
18/20
>What's the heaviest noble gas
>What is Ag
Chemistry isn't my thing.

[Anonymous No.7111242]

>>7111225
>So butthurt

Am I wrong though? Like that's honestly a really shitty question that could have been removed and replaced with something that would have provided interesting data. Like, here, it would have been better to ask:

>Which one of these planets is a gas giant?
>A dominant allele is one which _____
etc

>>7111229

Maybe. I consider myself pretty well-read when it comes to science, and I've never heard of that. It doesn't seem like the kind of thing that should really even be taught in a science class since it's not foundational and nothing else is built on it. it's just a factoid that bears no relevance to anything else.

[Anonymous No.7111246]

>>7110714
19/20
>what does Ag stand for
Coulda sworn it said Au.

[Anonymous No.7111247]

I'm surprised no one's complaining about the question about Mendel.
Fortunately I remembered learning that one several years ago.

[Anonymous No.7111249]

Got angry at the electron question - got it wrong.

I said they were larger than the nucleus since the electron cloud is basically most of the volume of an atom.
I know that theoretically they are infinitesimally small points in space but still most of the space of an atom is the electron cloud.

Oh, and BTW, if a physicist would like to straighten me out go ahead - my degree is in microbiology.
My working knowledge of the atom comes from molecular orbital theory you learn in ochem.

[Anonymous No.7111252]

But.... Hydraulic Fracking can be used to get oil...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

[Anonymous No.7111260]

>>7110714
wow, I did pretty well just by inputting answers randomly.
>>Its for a stats class
so this is a homework thread?

Let's fuck up his survey
Answers are:
What is the electrical resistance offered by a current-carrying element that produces a drop of one volt when a current of one ampere is flowing through it?:
1 ohm

Electrons are smaller than atoms: false
lasers work by focusing sound waves: false

approximately how old is the earth:
4.5 billion years

Which one of the following types of solar radiation does sunscreen protect the skin from?
ultraviolet

Named for a 19th century English physicist, what unit of measurement is defined as the energy exerted by the force of one newton acting to move an object through a distance of one meter?
1 joule

What combustible compound, the principal component of natural gas, has the chemical formula CH4?
methane

Composing about 78 percent of the air at sea level, what is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
N2

Noting how light from objects that are moving away from the observer tend to shift to the red end of the spectrum, what scientist first established that the universe is expanding?
hubble

What term, which means the maximum absolute value of a periodically varying quantity, does the "A" in AM radio broadcasting stand for?
amplitude

DNA contains adenine, cytosine, guanine, and what other nucleotide base, which is not found in RNA?
uracil


The letter Ag stands for what element on the periodic table?
silver

All radioactivity is man-made: false

Which natural resource is extracted in a process known as “fracking”?:
natural gas

What is the main function of red blood cells?
carry oxygen

The Austrian monk Gregor Mendel's observations of what organism formed the basis for the science of genetics?
pea plants

In 1989, the US postal service drew criticism from paleontologists for releasing a stamp with what obsolete genus name, which translates from Greek as "Thunder Lizard"?
brontesaurus

[Anonymous No.7111262]

>>7111247
>I'm surprised no one's complaining about the question about Mendel.

The part about Mendel is taught in literally every high school biology class in the US. If you're scientifically literate, you know about it.

[Anonymous No.7111265]

>>7111249
I think it was larger than the atom itself. Sure they may be larger than the nucleus but a single electron is not bigger than a single atom.
>Not a chemist

[Anonymous No.7111266]

>>7111249
>electron is tiny as fuck
>nucleus is made of up larger particles
>the entire atom is the sum total of the nucleus and the electrons
>somehow an electron is larger than the atom is is a part of

[Anonymous No.7111268]

>>7111260
>DNA contains adenine, cytosine, guanine, and what other nucleotide base, which is not found in RNA?
>uracil
uhh, nope.

>Let's fuck up his survey
But anyway, everyone was already getting 20/20

[Anonymous No.7111273]

>>7111260

What word, which comes from a Greek term meaning "good kernel," describes an organism whose cells contain chromosomes inside a nucleus bounded by a membrane, as distinguished from bacterial forms of life?

eukaryote

What is the heaviest noble gas?
radon

The earth's surface is about ___% water.
70%

CORRECTION:
DNA contains adenine, cytosine, guanine, and what other nucleotide base, which is not found in RNA?

thymine

[Anonymous No.7111274]

>>7111265
>Sure they may be larger than the nucleus
no. how the fuck do you people not know what a fucking electron is Jesus Christ.

[Anonymous No.7111275]

>>7111249
>Oh, and BTW, if a physicist would like to straighten me out go ahead - my degree is in microbiology.
>My working knowledge of the atom comes from molecular orbital theory you learn in ochem.
But I'm a physicist and I got the biology questions right

[Anonymous No.7111277]

>>7111265
Well... and again, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the size of an electron has been definitively calculated they are essentially mathematical points in space.

[Anonymous No.7111281]

>>7111277
But haven't we calculated the radius of an electron?
Like isn't it 1*10^-16m or something like that?
>Geology here

[Anonymous No.7111283]

>>7111277
>they are essentially mathematical points
>mathematical
No, they are physical points, not a mathematical abstraction.

Btw, it is not currently known for sure whether the electron is a point or not. If string theory is true, then it could be a string.

Either way, it's still smaller than the nucleus.

[Anonymous No.7111287]

>>7111281
You may be talking about the "classical electron radius." It's obsolete.

[Anonymous No.7111292]

>>7110714
2ez

[Anonymous No.7111294]

>>7111283
Look, I know electrons are physical particles. They have a tiny mass but I was just talking about actual physical dimensions.
I'm not sure I've ever heard from anyone that there is a good hold on it's diameter.

As for my use of the word mathematical understand that I'm just going off on what I learned from MO theory.
Electrons has a probability of being found in a defined orbital. From what I remember the electron could theoretically be anywhere - even on the other side of the world but they are most likely to be found in their respective orbitals.

[Anonymous No.7111303]

>>7111283
>It's small
lol, no
an interaction with the electron quantum field is localized in a small volume of space, "an electron" has no meaningful size.

[Anonymous No.7111304]

I missed two because I was retarded, but I guess I'm scientifically literate otherwise?

[Anonymous No.7111306]

>>7111294
>orbitals
This is only when an electron is in an atom.

When electrons are on their own, they can actually have a definite position, but only for a short instant of time.
They can also have a definite momentum, for an indefinitely long time.
And nothing can have both a definite momentum and definite position.

[Anonymous No.7111307]

Got 19/20, but the one I 'missed' really has two correct answers.

>both gas and oil can be extracted through hydrofracturing

>>7111265
>Sure they may be larger than the nucleus
kek what
do you know what an electron is nigga?

[Anonymous No.7111309]

>>7111287
Well but we can make it measurable. That's all that matters.

[Anonymous No.7111310]

>>7111303
>localized in a small volume of space
Exactly.

[Anonymous No.7111314]

>>7111307
Apparently neither does my microbiology friend. It seems you and I understand fracking however.

[Anonymous No.7111316]

>>7111307
>both gas and oil can be extracted through hydrofracturing
Yeah but fracking is specifically for natural gas. Come on kid, that was the one everyone should have gotten rights

[Anonymous No.7111320]

>>7111316
...according to what I've heard at least.

[Anonymous No.7111324]

>>7111316
"A high-pressure fluid (usually chemicals and sand suspended in water) is injected into a wellbore to create cracks in the deep-rock formations through which natural gas, petroleum, and brine will flow more freely."
It has multiple uses. Don't fuck with me on this.
>AM GEOLOGY STRONG

[Anonymous No.7111326]

>>7111324
forgot link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

[Anonymous No.7111328]

>>7111310
Yeah, and that's not the electron

[Anonymous No.7111330]

>>7111324
b-but I heard about it in the news

Anyway, if you knew that it both oil and natural gas can be extracted, wouldn't you choose the one that's talked about more as the "right" answer?

[Anonymous No.7111331]

>>7111316
>AM GEOLOGY STRONG ALSO
fracking is NOT exclusive to natural gas extraction, not remotely. check your facts

[Anonymous No.7111337]

>>7111331

yeah my bad.

[Anonymous No.7111339]

>>7111330
>wouldn't you choose the one that's talked about more as the "right" answer?
THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE IS WHY CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS ACTUALLY THINK CLIMATOLOGISTS WERE PREDICTING COOLING IN THE 1970s
TALKED ABOUT MORE != ACCURATE

yes I mad, and am also geoscience

[Anonymous No.7111343]

>>7111252
yeah wtf that was the only one I got wrong and I know damn well fracking is used for oil

[Anonymous No.7111344]

>>7111330
No. Am Texan. Am Geology. I've seen more usage with it for the oil locally.
That's pretty subjective as to what is talked about more.
>Also the earthquakes are not directly due to fracking but an after effect of the fluid getting into the surrounding sediments.
>Fun fact

[Anonymous No.7111354]

>>7111344
yup, that's what happens when you increase pore pressure and lubricate faults
and meanwhile all these dickheads who don't know geology insist that we couldn't POSSIBLY do anything to cause earthquakes

[Anonymous No.7111360]

>>7111354
Eh, I mean I don't think they could ever get to a point where it is more than just pictures shaking/falling off the wall. Sure there will be foundational damage over a long period of time, but the real evil masterminds are the insurance companies. They do not cover foundation problems due to earthquakes.

[Anonymous No.7111728]

19/20
Radon screwed me over

[Anonymous No.7111736]

>>7110714
>country of residence
>incorrect
ok

[Anonymous No.7111786]

19/20
Misclicked microwaves.

[. No.7111846]

17/20, I'll kill myself

Wrong: Stupid lizards, Noble gas and Joule - the last two pretty retarded, I know

Software Engineer undergrad

[Anonymous No.7111854]

>OP is a faggot
>false

[Anonymous No.7111893]

19/20
i though i saw something about a square meter and clicked pascal like a goof

[Anonymous No.7111894]

>>7110714
Question #1
>The letter Ag
>letter
I was tempted to stop there. Anyway got 20/22, it seems I got my country of residence and my age wrong...

[Anonymous No.7111921]

>age of the earth
inb4 this entire survey is just a clever ruse to test for number of people who are fundamental christians.

[Anonymous No.7111928]

19/20, had no idea about the DNA question

[Anonymous No.7111965]

>>7110714
>jacob barnett
>/sci/ Scientific Literacy Test
>Your score: 0% (0 points out of 20)

You're welcome faggot

[Anonymous No.7111967]

19/20, didn't know what "fracking" meant. Also, doesn't "eukaryote" actually mean "true kernel"?

>>7111223
You could deduce that from the names of the others
Lizard = saurus, so it's not "velociraptor".
"tyranno" is obviously not "thunder".
Then you're left with stegosaurus (which means "roofed lizard" or something like that) and brontosaurus

>>7111846
>Noble gas
>>7111928
I only got those right because I remembered some stupid mnemonics from highschool

[Anonymous No.7111986]

>>7111967
It's still not a science question.

[Anonymous No.7111992]

>>7110714
Why on earth my residence and age is wrong? Is this a trick that I don't get?

[Anonymous No.7112012]

>>7110714
>OP is a faggot is an option

Also if you don't get 100% please leave HS underage

[Anonymous No.7112013]

18/20
I don't even have a real degree, I'm just a fucking industrial technician lol. These questions were high school level shit.

[Anonymous No.7112015]

>>7111249
The electron cloud is part of the atom, the question didn't say atomic nucleus.

[Anonymous No.7112021]

>>7111274
An electron is way way bigger than an atomic nucleus, you can't model an electron orbiting a nucleus as a particle, it doesn't make any sense. The probability distribution is the most important aspect since the size of the distribution is what gives the atom it's properties and governs it's reactions.

[Anonymous No.7112025]

>>7112021
no. the probability distribution isn't the electrons size, its for it's position. it's tiny as fuck. think about beta decay. a neutron decays into a proton and emits an electron and antineutrino. how the fuck would that be possible if the electron were bigger than the neutron, let alone the whole nucleus

[Anonymous No.7112026]

>>7111921
We already know /sci/ is 99% Atheist, this isn't exactly news. We have survey threads almost monthly.

[Anonymous No.7112032]

>>7112025
Yes, but I'm talking about in terms of the MO model, not the size of the fundamental particle. Think about it like this; a gas of a specified volume is composed of a state space of much smaller particles, but past the thermodynamic limit it can be treated as a homogenous fluid with a specified macro volume which can be used in continuum mechanics and macro thermodynamic volumes. In chemistry an electron is modeled similarly.

In any case the question said atom not nucleus, so it's smaller either way.

[Anonymous No.7112034]

>>7112032
>not the size of the fundamental particle
that's literally what the question asked.

[Anonymous No.7112044]

>>7111967
I marked stegosaurus, indeed

And, like the other anon said, I read some square meter and picked Pascal

The noble gas was pure guess

[Anonymous No.7112045]

>>7112034
I haven't been talking about the question since ~three posts ago, I was explaining to another poster what the Biochem student was probably thinking when he give the incorrect answer.

[Anonymous No.7112047]

20/20

Test said my age and country of residence was wrong though. :(

[Anonymous No.7112050]

17/20
Not bad for a retard.

[Anonymous No.7112076]

19/20
I put fracking as oil

[Anonymous No.7112086]

>>7111246
Ag => A.G. => All that Glitter
Ag is not gold.

At least that's how I keep Au/Ag strait

[Anonymous No.7112088]

I only wronged the stegosaurus one

fuck you

[Anomalous No.7112089]

/sci/ Scientific Literacy Test
Your score: 85% (17 points out of 20)

Heh, not bad, I guess?
Considering that I'm way younger than all of you guys.

[Anonymous No.7112091]

>>7111262
This, it's about as difficult as "Psychologist Ivan Pavlov used what kind of animals in his research in classical conditioning?"

[Anonymous No.7112094]

>>7112089
> You must be 18 or older to use 4chan.

[Anomalous No.7112099]

>>7112094
>implying that people here follow the rules

[Anonymous No.7112103]

>>7112089
>Considering that I'm way younger than all of you guys.
unless you're like 6, everyone should know all that shit

[Anonymous No.7112105]

>>7112086
I just think of the original names.
Argentum and Aurum

For Bond fans:
Goldfinger's first name is Auric

[Anonymous No.7112109]

>>7112099
enjoy your ban

[Anomalous No.7112110]

>>7112103
You would be surprised how many scientifically-illiterate people there are.

[Anonymous No.7112111]

>>7112110
no shit, /sci/ is fucking retarded. like retard tier stupid as fuck

[Anonymous No.7112113]

>>7111339
But that's not the same shit.

Here you have two answers that are equally correct. So you have to then try to guess at which answer the test author chose as correct. Seeing as this is a test on general scientific knowledge and awareness, the version of fracking that's often mentioned in the media is probably the smartest bet.

[Anonymous No.7112118]

>>7110714
20/20

Two of your questions were wrong

The Hubble question is Lemaitre and fracking is for oil and natural gas

Nice try though

[Anonymous No.7112138]

>>7110714
19/20, I put Protista for #14.
Biology really isn't my thing.

[Anonymous No.7112143]

>>7111928
Just remember: Gattaca

[Anonymous No.7112145]

>>7111234
Ag and Au are silver and gold.
I always differentiate them by remembering gold is the one WITHOUT the g in the symbol.

[Anonymous No.7112161]

>>7112118
My god-loving nigga lemaitre

[Anonymous No.7112169]

>>7112118

Hubble could be argued to have 'established' rather than 'proposed' the expansion of the universe, as the way the questions asks.

I got 20/20, just as well because I teach secondary/high school chemistry, and there were quite a few Chem questions.

[Anonymous No.7112275]

16/20, apparently I don't know my own age.
Don't put joke answers if you don't want skewed results, you faggot.

[Anonymous No.7112292]

>>7112275
The age question counts 0/0 marks, you fucked up 4 other questions. 3 if you don't count OP is a faggot.

[Anonymous No.7112331]

[Anonymous No.7112653]

>>7110714
19/20 I guessed wrong on thunder lizard

[Anonymous No.7112971]

100%.

Had to use process of elimination on thunderlizard though.

[Anonymous No.7112976]

>>7110714
100%

Had to use process of elimination for thunder lizard though.

[Anonymous No.7113012]

I got them all.

I had to use process of illumination for the thunder lizard one though.

[Anonymous No.7113017]

>>7111221
Ununoctium would like a word.

[Anonymous No.7113032]

>>7113017