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11-26-2006 12:17 PM 		Reply to: Message 2 by Hyroglyphx
11-26-2006 11:56 AM

Re: bump
That looks like the basic sort of toolkit of science knowledge you should have to graduate from high school. Instead, we have half the population not knowing that the Earth takes a year to make a trip around the Sun.
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11-26-2006 12:51 PM 		Reply to: Message 2 by Hyroglyphx
11-26-2006 11:56 AM

Re: bump
Half the population doesn't know that it takes the Earth a year to go around the sun? *wonders what they think a year constitutes*
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Probably the time from one Rose Bowl game to the next. Check out http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/c7/c7h.htm , particularly the tables, if you want a hint as to how bad the situation really is.
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http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/append/c7/at07-10.xls is the most pertinent table
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11-28-2006 1:49 PM 		Reply to: Message 17 by Phat
11-27-2006 10:42 PM

14: In their ecosystem, green plants require:
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A. sunlightX
B. mates
C. parasites
D. fungi
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Nearly all of 'em need fungi, too. They can't get their nitrogen without.
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11-28-2006 12:31 PM

"Protium" or regular hydrogen has no neutrons, deuterium one, and tritium two.
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11-28-2006 6:47 PM 		Reply to: Message 37 by Zawi
11-28-2006 4:14 PM

Mmmmm. Yeah. Symbiotic bacteria, not fungi. My bad.
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