# Take the Basic Physics Quiz. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726 "2005-08-26T14:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/1 "2005-08-26T14:05:07Z")
Here is a neat little [Basic Physics Quiz](http://www.intuitor.com/physics_test/) , I got a disappointing 77.5%. I’m not as smart as I thought I was. I’ll need to bone up on Newton’s Laws and some basic energy information. The simple information I just picked up about gravity is fascinating! I may not need to know this stuff to pay my bills and mow my lawn, but I think it’s important dammit! If we do not have a basic grasp of physics we can be fooled by all kinds of hoaxes and charlatans. So what’s your score? ---
**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/2 "2005-08-26T14:16:51Z")
80%, which is better than what I expected. I guess I remember more stuff from high school that I’d thought. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/3 "2005-08-26T14:18:38Z")
I only got an 87.5%. You would think someone with an engineering degree would get at least a 90%. ☹ Apparantly, my worst areas are energy and matter, I got two wrong in each section. I blame part of the matter question on every chemistry teacher I have ever had, who ahve ALWAYS told me an atom is like a mini solar system. Even in college, I was never taught they well defined paths were not circular or elliptical. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/4 "2005-08-26T14:35:49Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I only got an 87.5%. You would think someone with an engineering degree would get at least a 90%. ☹ If it makes you feel better, I got a 82.5%. IMO, some of the questions were a bit unclear. I wasn’t surprised at some of the ones I missed, even as I answered them I was thinking about how I could be wrong. I didn’t go back and reconsider those before submitting for a score. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/5 "2005-08-26T14:45:44Z")
82.5% here, also. I missed 3, 6, 17, 22, 29, 34, 38. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/6 "2005-08-26T14:48:01Z")
I call bullshit on this one: 29) A cloud’s mass consists primarily of water vapor. X Your Answer: true View Explanation They say no, it’s lots of water droplets floating in the air. WTF is vapor then? My definition doesn’t match theirs. I think the judge from Lithuania will give me that one. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/7 "2005-08-26T14:49:32Z")
Better use a spoiler box, I bet nobody else misses #29😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/8 "2005-08-26T14:50:53Z")
90%! Woo hoo! Here’s what I got wrong (the answer given is, obviously, the wrong answer): 1. True 2. True 3. True 4. True (I really, really shouldn’t have gotten this wrong). Obvious tactic: When in doubt, answer false! ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/9 "2005-08-26T14:58:37Z")
50%. Never taken a physics class, and my last science class was more than ten years ago, in college. But I did read the introduction to a physics book last week, so I’m actually kind of proud to have gotten half the questions right. Of course, some of them were pretty obvious based on the phrasing of the question (like number 35), so I think if answered only the questions I actually _knew_ the answers to, my score would be more like 20%. If I’m lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/10 "2005-08-26T15:14:10Z")
60%. It’s been 25 years since my last Physics class, and it didn’t interest me all that much then, either. At least I remembered some of it. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/11 "2005-08-26T15:14:34Z")
95% I missed 39 and 29 (I took the test before reading the replies) Heh. I have the class at 1:00 pm today. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/12 "2005-08-26T15:41:14Z")
92.5% Mr. Kopp would be proud, even though I’ve not seen him or a high school physics text in about 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/13 "2005-08-26T15:43:27Z")
Another engineer with a bad grade: 77.5%. ::sigh:: This may be why I don’t actually work in engineering. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/14 "2005-08-26T15:48:06Z")
97.5% here. I missed the cloud question. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/15 "2005-08-26T15:51:37Z")
Wow, the cloud question is one of the few I got. Water vapor is a gas, and is invisible. Clouds are actually made up of tiny water droplets, the same as the steam you see coming off a pot of boiling water. The steam disappears when it evaporates. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/16 "2005-08-26T15:54:02Z")
97.5% I missed #12, actually, which was rather surprising. 1. Susan jumps off a chair. As she is falling, the Earth’s gravitational force on her is higher than her gravitational force on the Earth. The correct answer is false, both forces are equal. I had a brain fart. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/17 "2005-08-26T15:54:23Z")
I missed #29 also, now I’m feeling better about my answer. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/18 "2005-08-26T16:03:04Z")
87.5%. But I just finished copyediting a physics textbook. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/19 "2005-08-26T16:07:47Z")
85% Missed: #8 #18 #28 #29 #31 #36 Three of those wrong answers (28, 29, 31) are in the Matter section. I didn’t get more than i wrong answer in any other section. Not bad for a historian. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726/20 "2005-08-26T16:18:40Z")
100% And my last Physics class was 17 years ago. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-basic-physics-quiz/318726.md?page=2)