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Can We Guess Your Age Based On How Much You Know About Science?

It's all about that [O2](http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentID=34&ContentTypeID=160)!

It's all about that [fertilized egg splitting](http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/pregnancy-week-by-week/in-depth/twin-pregnancy/art-20048161)!

It's all about that [iron](http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/interior/)!

It's all about that [N2](http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/64-What-is-the-atmosphere-of-Earth-made-of-)!

It's all about that rust because those other things don't actually [change the chemical species](http://goldbook.iupac.org/C01033.html)!

It's all about that [water](http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/tutorials/chemistry/page3.html)!

It's all about that [salt](http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_aqa_pre_2011/ions/acidsbasesrev1.shtml)!

It's all about that [base](http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ed083p1465)!

It's all about that [fusion](http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Display=OverviewLong&Object=Sun)!

It's all about [Mercury](http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury)!

It's all about that [ATP](http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2254)!

It is all about _preventing_ [antibiotic resistance](http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/antibiotics/art-20045720)!

It's all about that [internal-external temperature difference](http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/ir_zoo/coldwarm.html)!

It's all about those [quarks!](http://www.britannica.com/science/quark)

It's all about that [counterclockwise](http://0-www.pbs.org.librus.hccs.edu/wgbh/nova/earth/coriolis-effect.html) action!

You don’t remember any of that stuff anymore and you don’t care, either. You are living proof that almost everything you learned in school is meaningless in the real world. Really, you are an icon — dare we say, a hero?

You are in your forties or older!

Man, it sure has been a while since you had to know any of that stuff. But think about all the things you have been able to accomplish while actively forgetting the science you were taught growing up!

You are in your late thirties!

Don’t beat yourself up over this — you did pretty well! Considering you learned most of this stuff over 15 years ago, you are a shining star. What you have lost in direct science knowledge, you have gained in self-awareness and life success.

You are in your early thirties!

For someone who graduated from high school around a decade ago, you did impressively well. Your success not only speaks to your ability to retain information that has limited real-world value, but it also speaks to your future prospects. Shine on, you crazy diamond!

You are in your late twenties!

High school wasn’t THAT long ago for you, and your science knowledge retention really shows that. Maybe some college schooling helped you along, or maybe you are just a science baller.

You are in your early twenties!

You just learned this stuff. You might even be learning it RIGHT NOW. Either you are going to do super well in your sciences classes this year or you already did really well in them. You are young, full of life, and a science god!

You are in your late teens!

You are currently in school and you appear to be pretty good at science. Some cynics might point to your youth as an unfair advantage, but you know that you will take your mad science skills with you as you someday change the world.

You are currently in high school!

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