Click on the link below to take a science knowledge quiz the Pew Research Center gave to a random group of 1,005 Americans in June 2009 (only 10% got all 12 questions right).
For more information on the survey’s methodology go here:
http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1554
The science knowledge quiz was part of a larger survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science titled “Scientific Achievements Less Prominent Than a Decade Ago; PUBLIC PRAISES SCIENCE; SCIENTISTS FAULT PUBLIC, MEDIA.”
The full survey report is below:
