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Scientific literacy test December 10, 2011 4:03 pm TB

Here.

I missed five, including two I should have remembered.

No research allowed!

  • 13 missed, a couple were just dumb errors. The rest would have been lucky guesses if I tried a dozen ... by FrankC 2011-12-11 15:12:49
    • I got them all right!!!!!!!!!!! ...and I have some swamp land to sell in Arizona. by Jody 2011-12-11 16:06:55
    • Fun, I missed 11 by RobVG 2011-12-11 13:21:31
      • Spoilers! by ER 2011-12-10 20:38:22
        • As with you, there were some of them I wasn't sure about, but was able to nail down from various ... by TB 2011-12-10 21:31:40
          • All you need from memory is the boiling and freezing pts in both F and C. We know there are 100 ... by ER 2011-12-10 23:04:29
            • It's a little ironic that you and the test writer used a fractional coefficient. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-13 13:07:21
              • By fractional coefficient, do you mean '9/5'? There can be no other choice. I don't understand what you ... by ER 2011-12-13 16:17:15
                • I don’t remember ever seeing the conversion formula written with “9/5”. by RobVG 2011-12-13 17:15:11
                  • I don't think the use of fractions was made obsolete by the metric system at all. The metric system certainly ... by ER 2011-12-13 17:48:06
                  • Still say it was easier to remember "-40." by TB 2011-12-13 16:52:14
                    • I've never been in below 0 F temperature in my life. Even when I was N of the Arctic ... by ER 2011-12-13 17:50:11
                      • What? by bowser 2011-12-14 23:40:09
                        • I was briefly N of the Arctic Circle in October, '68, in maneuvers with the Nato fleet in "Operation Silvertower" ... by ER 2011-12-17 13:38:12
          • What I whiffed (spoilers) by TB 2011-12-10 17:48:55
            • That's very, very good. I missed 10, and about half of those I should have picked up. by bowser 2011-12-10 16:20:50

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