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Here is a good
quiz that tests your knowledge of classifications of science fields. It appeared
in a 1949 edition of The Saturday Evening Post magazine. Even if you do
not particularly know the relationships, you should be able to get most if not all
twelve correct with a combination of surety, recognition of word roots, and a process
of elimination. I managed to guess 10 out of the 12. Good luck. BTW, I bestowed
the clown colors on the distinguished professors' duds.
Where Do the Scientists Belong?
 Not long ago the American Association for
the Advancement of Science celebrated its centenary. And thereby hangs a quiz. From
a small beginning, the association has grown into an organization of more than 200
scientific societies grouped in fifteen sections, according to their interests.
The Mammalogists, for instance, belong naturally in the Zoological Sciences Section,
and the Plant Physiologists in the Botanical Section. Twelve other member societies
of the A.A.A.S. are listed in the left-hand column below, and in the other column,
but in scrambled order, are the sections to which they belong. Have you advanced
your scientific knowledge to the point where you can assign each society to its
proper section?
(answers at bottom)
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1. American Ceramic Society
2. American Library Association
3. American Meteorological Society
4. American Society of Agronomy
5. Associacao Quimica do Brasil
6. Association for Symbolic Logic
7. Econometric Society
8. Gerontological Society
9. Linguistic Society of America
10. Meteoritical Society
11. Mineralogical Society of America
12. Society for Research in Child
Development
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a. Agriculture
b. Anthropology
c. Astronomy
d. Chemistry
e. Engineering
f. General Science Societies
g. Geology and Geography
h. Mathematics
i. Medical Sciences
j. Physics
k. Psychology
l. Social and Economic Sciences
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Answers:
1 e, 2 f, 3 j, 4 a, 5 d,
6 h, 7 l, 8 i, 9 b, 10 c,
11 g, 12 k
Posted April 2, 2024
(updated from original post
on 3/3/2016)
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