How much do you know about science topics?

Test your knowledge of science facts and applications of scientific principles by taking our short 12-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with a nationally representative group of 3,278 randomly selected U.S. adults surveyed online and by mail between Aug. 11 and Sept. 3, 2014 as members of the Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel.

When you finish, you will be able to compare your scores with the average American and compare responses across demographic groups. The analysis of the findings from the poll can be found in the full report, “A Look At What the Public Does and Does Not Know About Science.

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QUES 1: What weather phenomenon causes more deaths in the U.S. annually than any other except lightning? 

ANSWER: TORNADOES 

QUES 2: What is given to wood whose normal cells have been replaced with mineral deposits? 

ANSWER: PETRIFIED WOOD 

QUES 3; Multiple Choice: Pollination by birds is called: w) autogamy x) ornithophily (pron: or-nith-o-philly) y) entomophily (pron: ent-eh-mof-illy) z) anemophily (pron: an-eh-mof-illy)

ANSWER: X -- ORNITHOPHILY 

QUES 4; Short Answer: Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisor teeth? 

ANSWER: FOUR GENR-91; 

QUES 5 :What percent of fire-related deaths are due to smoke inhalation rather than burns? w) 10% x) 50%   y) 80% z) 99% 

ANSWER: Y -- 80% 

QUES 6; Short Answer: To what familiar fruit is the plantain similar? 

ANSWER: BANANA GENR-91;

QUES 7 What U.S. President was recognized as a world authority on American game animals? 

ANSWER: THEODORE ROOSEVELT