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jakeXT

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Sat Feb 15, 2014, 11:52 AM Feb 2014

One in four Americans unaware that Earth revolves around Sun: poll [View all]

Chicago: Americans are enthusiastic about the promise of science but lack basic knowledge of it, with one in four unaware that the Earth revolves around the Sun, said a poll out today.

The survey included more than 2,200 people in the United States and was conducted by the National Science Foundation.

Ten questions about physical and biological science were on the quiz, and the average score - 6.5 correct - was barely a passing grade.

Just 74 per cent of respondents knew that the Earth revolved around the Sun, according to the results released at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/offbeat/one-in-four-americans-unaware-that-earth-revolves-around-sun-poll-483711

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