Could You Pass Eighth Grade Science?

Ha! I passed with an "Average" score and I have a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from a UC. I hope that says more about the test then about the knowledge of the test taker.

Harumph. I got an 80%, am a total dork and have a Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology. Hell, I've never gotten an 80% on anything.

Anybody get 100%?

"I passed with an “Average” score and I have a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology"

Really because I have an Associate's Degree from a community college and I got 96%. Maybe it says a fancy degree doesn't mean you know anything.

I missed one - the "fruit" question (guess I shouldn't have skipped so many Botany 101 classes).

dendrite, you have a Ph.D. and you still get 'then' and 'than' confused?

I got a 100% but the gaseous planet one was an educated guess at best. Not too shabby for junior media arts major at three in the morning.

96% "A"... *humph*

a-, chemical engineer, missed how mammals transpire and the meteroid one, GRRR

Got an A . And I'm a law student. But then, I always did love science. Oh, and just to make things tougher, I haven't slept in over 31 hours. I was pretty sure I had gotten the role-of-fruits question wrong until the very end. Don't they also serve the role of attracting birds, etc., so that seeds can be dispersed in their droppings?

I got a 69%.. then again, that's not much better than my actual grade in 8th grade. and btw- hasn't anyone caught the misspelled title of this post?it's "eighth" grade. and it didn't take a PH.D to find that one.

MoonCake, I didn't catch that! I was posting in a hurry, as usual. I are no typer. Corrected.

B- for me. The quiz listed that as above average. Not bad for being out of 8th grade for 38 years.

I'm a house-husband (though I prefer the term "kept man" and got 96%.

the test has errors and ambiguities, as all tests do. Mammals cannot respire anaerobically, respiration is oxidative phosphorylation which can only occur with the oxidizer oxygen in mammals. Igneous rock, which is solidified magma, can be deeper that metamorphous rock in certain cases

I consistently get about 200-300%, because you can hit an answer multiple times and get credit for it. I am a college student.

I agree with Dendrite. Some of the questions are very poor. My mother has a PhD in medical microbiology as well as teaching high school chemistry, and I don't think she would do any better.

I agree with Rick about the ambiguities, sometimes I was trying to figure not most scientifically correct answer, but rather the one I thought they thought was correct.

Also, that an adult, especially one who works in science, might not do well should not come as a surprise since specialized knowledge of a field, not general knowledge of many, is rewarded.

Wow... I got As for my science GCSE (11th grade I think) but I only got a C for this test... either a) I've gotten stupider over time b)I've forgotten most of what I've learnt or c)American science is more difficult than what is taught in England (most likely... I didn't learn most of this stuff until at least 10th grade)

Bah. It asked what the final velocity was of an object that hit the ocean.

An object that hit the ocean isn't moving 100 m/s.

88. I missed meteoroids, fruits (disperse seeds and attract insects makes sense to me but I guess the flowers do the attracting), and the mammals question.
The mammals question is BS I think. Show me the animal that does not need to breathe.

I had fun.

One thing: The quiz, like most simple quizes, tests for knowing facts. In science, facts are not as important as knowing the "science" itself. Understanding why replicating experiments, openness of information, falsafiability, and all that are so important are all part of a good science education.

I'm afraid that this is more of a trivia quiz than a test of our science education.

Still fun though (: I got 86%

Anthony, your right. There is a glitch I found out that scores double for a question if you click it and it doesn't go to the next question.

Got a 100%, but I probably should've gotten an 90% because of the glitch. Pretty good for a ninth grader.

61% for me. :(

I too have a PhD in biochemistry and got a "C" in this quiz. Maybe it's just us stupid biology geeks.... :)

84% / "Above Average"

Grade 8 was four years ago for me. Haha, I have very poor memory... But the scary thing is I'm taking Phy12, Chem12, and Bio12 this year and I'm in IB...

HMMMmm... lol.

B+

But as others have noted, questions were slightly ambiguous i.e. sedimentary rocks can be buried deeply before transitioning to metamorphics with heat, pressure and time.

Damn them metroids...

92% -- the question about which rocks are buried deep in the earth's crust is bogus. What the heck does deep mean?

20 hits the nail on the head. Don't feel bad Rosi (17). The kids taking this test haven't learned anything.

86%. Not bad for an art school drop out :)
The rock question seemed like it was written by somebody who knows nothing about rocks.

our body can use anaerobic respiration when there is not enough oxygen to provide our muscles after long periods of "aerobic" exercise. It's less efficient and the end product is lactic acid which causes the soreness after a hard exercise

hum...got a 84...prob. because i mistranslated something :D biut hey: i passed :D