These came from a homeschool list and they received it from another list. I thought it was interesting.
In the USA there is much consternation over the fact that students are falling behind other countries in science. Sunday's paper had a list of 10 questions that various scientists felt every high school graduate should be able to answer.
What percentage of the earth is covered by water?
What sort of signals does the brain use to communicate?
Did dinosaurs and humans ever exist at the same time?
What is Darwin's theory of the origin of the species?
Why does a year consist of 365 days and a day of 24 hours?
Why is the sky blue?
What causes a rainbow?
What is it about diseases caused by viruses and bacteria that makes them often hard to treat?
How old are the oldest fossils on earth?
Why do we put salt on sidewalks when it snows?
Bonus question: What makes the seasons change?
The scientists acknowledged that most American adults would probably get only half of these right, so don't feel bad if you don't know all the answers.
Paris September 2018
3 years ago
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