Capt. John sent me this quiz which I aced. Most of my readers will do well on this since my readers are naturally more intelligent than most folks. I do not like the wording on question 12 where they say “most scientists”. The science is NOT settled. Many scientists think that CO2 is a lagging indicator.
13 of 13. College Physics finally helped me!
Sounds like a weekly quiz we might have had in a 7th grade general science weekly quiz back in the early 1950s.
Looking at the demographics us codgers did well.
It would have been interesting to see the breakdown by age AND education level. Although the older you are the better read you are, these questions were pretty basic.
Yeesh, easy-peasy. And, I ain’t going for that Al gorezeera CO2 wealth redistribution bullshit either. Knowing it was a Lefty Pew quiz, I took that question #12 into account with selecting their propaganda “most scientists” answer. 13 for 13.
Bottom line – CO2 is plant food.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/CO2plants.htm
I guess I’m embarrassed. I missed 1
Missed 1 – nitrogen.
me too. I should k know better.
“most scientists” = argumentum ad populum.
Scientific process is not being followed. Any theory, to remain viable, must account for all objective observations. Climate skeptics are not “deniers”, they are the _true_ scientists. So, prepare for a barrage of idiocy from MSM as temperatures climb this week in Death Valley and Las Vegas. Anecdotal hot weather=”Anthropogenic Global Warming”. Horse crap.
The “trick” question in the quiz that was missed by most asked which gas made up the highest percentage of the atmosphere. That’s 8th grade Earth Science.
cheers chuck
You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.
I am looking for the next quiz to be more of a challenge!
Got them all. Didn’t want to answer the CO2 one, though, since I think that’s bullshit.
Gosh, that sure was an easy quiz. I agree with Peggy on the CO2 question.
Aced it, and Denny on question #12 when you compare CO2 to the other options I don’t think there is any debate on which one contributes to warming the atmosphere, the other three answers are for trace components…. If water vapor was on the list then CO2 would be wrong….
Actually there is. Many scientists think that CO2 is a lagging indicator i.e. warming releases more CO2 from the oceans. That’s what I took exception to in the question. It assumes facts not in evidence.
Lagging or leading may be, but look at the other choices (a trace reactive element, a trace inert element, and an even rarer radioactive gas). CO2 is only the right answer because the others are worse….
No. The right answer is none of the above.
To ace these tests you have to use their bias, not yours. At least it didn’t have stupid questions like “Who was the first black female astronaut?”
Males had higher scores than females with the exception of two questions. Females closed the gap or surpassed males on biology, health and medicine questions (no kiddin’). By age group, the 65+ crowd did the worst. Any theories?
I’m female and over 65 and I got them all correct.
Yeah. But you’re my sister, an engineer, and smarter than I am. I would expect you to ace it.
Thanks for the link to the test, I missed 2! I don’t think I’ll have to go to summer school.
13 of 13! Woot!
I think CO2 is a lagging indicator, and I’m just an engineer.
13/13! Ich bin ein nerd! I lied about the atmospheric warming question, but I got my gender wrong on the second to last question.
If you can’t pass this test you need to go back to 6 grade.
I did miss 13.
… all thirteen?
Cheers
Got ’em all. What surprised me is that 15% of the participants answered four or fewer questions correctly. Our public schools are wondrous.
I’m with you Denny, We are the 7 per centers. I want to know where they found all of the stupid geezers. I would have thought that people our age would do better than those educated in the last 40 years of the liberal educational factories.
Aced it as well. Seems I am in good company.
Just gotta say, that wasn’t much of a test.
The buggers are unfortunately correct about the CO2 question, as written, though I have huge heartburn about accepting the presumption that ‘Social Scientists’ that are feeling empowered by their relatively recent application of statistical tools to data sets somehow makes them real scientists.
Best Regards,
13 of 13 from this High School drop out.
Denny, your comment about “lagging indicator” is I believe, spot on. The biggest store of CO2 is the oceans. It is basic chemistry that sea water’s ability to hold dissolved CO2 is reduced by higher temperature. Antarctic ice borings show this to be fact – historically the highest atmosphere CO2 concentrations have been AFTER extended warmer periods.
But what the hell, I’m just a former lab chemist, not a highly educated expert like the Goreacle.
13 of 13, piece of cake. If 85% of the public missed 2 or more, which the chart seems to indicate, there are a hell of a bunch of scientifically ignorant idjits out there.
OSC – Why do think so many people believe in
global warmingclimate change, astrology, and socialism.That is exactly what the Greens are counting on with their carbon tax scam. By the way Obama wants to spend 7 billion dollars to Electrify Africa using Green energy. At the rate he spends for green energy Africa will will be able to keep one porch light lit before the money vanishes into the cleptocracies of the various despots running their countries.
Meanwhile, Europe has come to the realization that going green is way too expensive and that their carbon credit scam is crumbling beneath them.
Aced it!
Aced it — 13 for 13. It helps being a science junkie.