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

Pew Research ^

[arthurus]

12 out of 13

My sympathies.

[arthurus]

What has been demonstrated is that historically elevation of CO2 has followed warming of the atmosphere and is therefore not likely the cause.

[USMCPOP]

Nik, Mork was all about Nanu-Nanu, not Nano.

Hey, I have this great idea for a company, Nanner-Tech. We could slip into the mini-banana market in no time. A couple months and we get rich off an IPO (Initial Peeling Open) and slide right out of there.

We could position the product as a healthy alternative to such new products as Carlos Danger Weiners. Admittedly stiff competition, but it can be done.

http://carlosdangerweiners.com/

KarlInOhio, you are in if you want.

[USMCPOP]

“Is hydrogen the most abundant element in the universe?”

I believe Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, but much of it is bound up or combined. I think the most abundant free-ranging element is Stupidity. At least on earth.

[Dr. Sivana]

I saw your post before I scored 13 of 13. However I probably would have said Hydrogen and missed that one.

Is hydrogen the most abundant element in the universe?

If all the nitrogen in the atmosphere were hydrogen, lighting a match would likely turn the earth into a mini-sun, until all of the oxygen was consumed. If you managed to avoid lighting any flames, your speaking voice would be like it is after sucking from a helium balloon, only more so.

I am amused by those Shell ads that brag about Nitrogen enhanced gasoline; it sounds like they are adding air to their fuel.

I believe you are right though. There is more hydrogen "out there".

[Kip Russell]

Is hydrogen the most abundant element in the universe?

Very much so; it comprises approximately 75% of the baryonic mass of the universe.

[MosesKnows]

getting 13 out of 13 correct

I got 12 of 13 correct. If you answered all 13 correctly that means you believe most scientist think CO2 causes an increase in atmospheric temperatures.

Some scientist study the evidence that indicates just the opposite occurs. The rise in atmospheric temperatures caused a rise in CO2 levels.

[rlmorel]

You said Fruit Flies, didn’t you?

Heh, I did.

I liked the test. It was a challenge, but it choked when I finished and failed to deliver a result.

I got five questions wrong, because I wasn’t supposed to be doing it at work, and couldn’t justify taking the time to noodle them out, so I guessed...:)

[rlmorel]

"...If you answered all 13 correctly that means you believe most scientist think CO2 causes an increase in atmospheric temperatures..."

Not true at all. You just have to accept that you understand what the dumb ass test-maker was looking for with the idiotic question...you don't have to think it is right...:)

[rlmorel]

Heh, I am in my fifties, and I was doing the test while a young guy in his twenties was watching.

He said he wasn’t interested, but he couldn’t ignore it, so he kept watching. He is a smart guy, and got some of the questions about things derived from the Greeks right (knew his mythology far better than me) but I was feeling my way through it, and he exclaimed at one point “You don’t need to know any of these things...you can Google that!”

Heh, I turned to him, looked at him over the tops of my glasses, and said “Whatcha gonna do when the network goes down, boy?”

Heheh, he laughed...:)

[Wyatt's Torch]

13 of 13 as well. Ridiculously easy.

[winodog]

I got 63% and I never heard of half the stuff.

[exDemMom]

This is why I do not believe in man-made global warming or the notion of evolution.

Science is against the unifying framework of biological science? Lol, that's news to me! I'm sure all of my Ph.D. educated colleagues, as well as all of my professors back in Ph.D. school, would be just as surprised to learn that as I am. Not only do we all use the theory of evolution in our work, but we wouldn't be able to perform our jobs without it.

Don't believe anything you read at sites like Answers in Genesis and the like; they have a financial interest in trashing science and do not care about the truth.

[MosesKnows]

you don't have to think it is right

Point taken!

I forgot that providing the answers the test wants regardless of accuracy is today’s first priority in test taking.

[exDemMom]

You seem to be ignoring the green-house system in your argument. The idea is that IR energy (that enters the system at a higher state), is not reradiated into space, and is intercepted by atmospheric CO2 because of its opacity to long-wave radiation. As the concentration of CO2 increases, the overall interception rate goes up. That heat can then be reradiated into the surrounding atmosphere.

The reason why CO2 is neutral as far as IR radiation is concerned is already explained in my previous posts. CO2 does not care from which direction the IR originates, nor does it reradiate it directionally. Therefore, it does not act as a mirror to reflect the IR radiation back to earth. Since its fluorescence activity occurs within the IR band, it converts no visible light to IR light, and therefore has less of an effect on temperature than any of the many materials that absorb visible light and reradiate some of it as IR light.

[rlmorel]

LOL...only if you want to pass the test!

[Nik Naym]

“KarlInOhio, you are in if you want.”

No thanks, I’ll pass.

I am convinced we would lose money by the bunch. And then I would end up on the Dole.

Nik

[GOYAKLA]

Agreed!
I’m not a Doctor or Scientist but in 2003 I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express!

[GOYAKLA]

I don’t have the answer as any of the three choices.
I do know at my house if the fridge door is open,too long, a teenage son is going to get his A__ kicked.
The answer is D) Know what you want before opening door.

[Farmer Dean]

It’s all about the efficiency of the fridge.If it’s 80 percent then 20 percent will be lost as waste heat in the motor or friction in the compressor.That energy will add heat to the room.