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NSF Questionnaire (True/False Version)
Section A.
Now, I would like to ask you a few short questions like those you might see on a
television game show. For each statement that I read, please select true or false.
If you don't know or aren't sure, select don’t know and go to the next question.
1. First, the center of the Earth is very hot.
True
False
Don’t know
2. All radioactivity is man-made.
True
False
Don’t know
3. It is a chromosome from the father’s genes that decides whether the baby
is a boy or a girl.
True
False
Don’t know
4. Lasers work by focusing sound waves.
True
False
Don’t know
5. Electrons are smaller than atoms.
True
False
Don’t know
6. Antibiotics kill both viruses and bacteria.
True
False
Don’t know
7. The universe began with a huge explosion.
True
False
Don’t know
8. The universe has been expanding for billions of years.
True
False
Don’t know
9. The continents on Earth have been moving for millions of years and will
continue to move in the future.
True
False
Don’t know
10. Mice descended from earlier species of animals.
True
False
Don’t know
11. The Earth goes around the Sun.
True
False
Don’t know
12. Human beings descended from earlier species of animals.
True
False
Don’t know
Section B.
The next questions are not about what you think, but are about what most
scientists think. Please tell us whether each of the following is True or False
according to modern biology.
According to modern biology…
A. Individual members of a species are
equally able to find food and reproduce.
B. Even species that look different such as
cats and worms can be similar
genetically.
C. Some bacteria may inherit a gene that
helps them survive the effects of drugs.
These bacteria will be more likely to live
when exposed to the drugs.
D. All plants and animals, including humans,
share a common ancestor that lived a
long time ago.
E. Physical characteristics such as big
muscles that an animal acquires during its
lifetime will be passed on to its offspring.
F. People of some races have better genetic
traits than people of other races.
G. Evolution means that all species are
slowly evolving towards perfection.
H. All dogs and cats share a common
ancestor that lived a long time ago.
I. During their lifetimes, plants develop traits
like growing toward the sun that they
need in order to live.
True
False
Modern
biology
doesn’t say
According to modern biology…
J. When a predator is introduced into a
population of lizards, the lizards with traits
that help them avoid the predator are
more likely to survive and reproduce than
the others.
K. Pigeons and frogs share a common
ancestor that lived a long time ago.
L. A population of birds that lives in two
different places may slowly adapt to those
places and over many generations
become two different species.
M. People’s fate are determined by their
genes and not by free will.
True
False
Modern
biology
doesn’t say
Section C.
1. For the following items, please indicate your agreement/disagreement with
the given statements using the following scale:
Strongly
Agree
A. The modern theory of
evolution is just
speculation.
B. Strong scientific evidence
shows that evolution has
actually occurred.
C. The earth is less than
10,000 years old.
D. Mice today are basically
the same as mice have
always been.
E. The Earth is at least 4
billion years old.
F. The modern theory of
evolution cannot be
correct because it
disagrees with what the
Bible says.
G. Humans exist today in the
same form they always
have
H. Most scientists doubt
whether evolution occurs.
I. Over time, many new
types of plants and
animals have come into
existence.
Agree
Undecided
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
2. Do you, personally, think that the theory of evolution is correct, do you
think it is incorrect, or don’t you have an opinion either way?
Think the theory of evolution is correct
Think the theory of evolution is incorrect GO TO QUESTION 4
Don’t have an opinion GO TO QUESTION 5
3. Why do you think the modern theory of evolution is correct?
4. Why do you think the modern theory of evolution is incorrect?
5. How much evidence do you think supports the modern theory of
evolution?
Overwhelming evidence
A lot of evidence
Some evidence
A little evidence
No evidence
6. Does the modern theory of evolution claim that human beings are just
another species of animal with nothing really special about them?
Yes
No
7. Does the theory of evolution lead children to believe that there is no God or
does it not lead to this belief?
Does lead to this belief
Does not lead to this belief
8. How much does the theory of evolution conflict with a belief in morality?
Not at all
A little
Some
A lot
Completely
NSF Questionnaire (Forced Choice Version)
Section A.
Now, I would like to ask you a few short questions like those you might see on a
television game show. For each statement that I read, please select the best
answer. If you don't know or aren't sure, select don’t know and go to the next
question.
1. First, is the center of the Earth very hot or is it not very hot?
Very Hot
Not Very Hot
Don’t know
2. Is all radioactivity man-made or does some occur naturally?
All man-made
Some natural
Don’t know
3. What decides whether a baby is a boy or a girl? Is it a chromosome from
the father’s genes, from the mother’s genes, from both, or from neither?
Father’s chromosome
Mother’s chromosome
Both
Neither
Don’t know
4. Do lasers work by focusing sound waves or do they work in some other
way?
Sound waves
Some other way
Don’t know
5. Are electrons smaller, larger, or the same size as atoms?
Smaller
Larger
The same size
Don’t know
6. Do antibiotics kill bacteria only, viruses only, or both viruses and bacteria?
Bacteria only
Viruses only
Both bacteria and viruses
Don’t know
7. Did the universe begin with a huge explosion or did it not begin this way?
With a huge explosion
Did not begin this way
Don’t know
8. Has the universe been expanding, shrinking, or has it been pretty much the
same size since it began?
Expanding
Shrinking
Same size
Don’t know
9. Have the continents on Earth been moving for millions of years or have the
continents pretty much stayed in place?
Moving
Stayed in place
Don’t know
10. Did mice descend from earlier species of animals or did they not descend
from earlier species of animals?
Did descend from earlier species
Did not descend from earlier species
Don’t know
11. Now, does the Earth go around the Sun, or does the Sun go around the
Earth?
Earth goes around the Sun
Sun goes around the Earth
Don’t know
12. Did human beings descend from earlier species of animals or did they not
descend from earlier species of animals?
Did descend from earlier species
Did not descend from earlier species
Don’t know
Section B.
The next questions are not about what you think, but are about what most
scientists think. Please tell us whether each of the following is True or False
according to modern biology.
According to modern biology…
A. Individual members of a species are
equally able to find food and
reproduce.
B. Even species that look different such as
cats and worms can be similar
genetically.
C. Some bacteria may inherit a gene that
helps them survive the effects of drugs.
These bacteria will be more likely to live
when exposed to the drugs.
D. All plants and animals, including humans,
share a common ancestor that lived a
long time ago.
E. Physical characteristics such as big
muscles that an animal acquires during its
lifetime will be passed on to its offspring.
F. People of some races have better genetic
traits than people of other races.
G. Evolution means that all species are
slowly evolving towards perfection.
H. All dogs and cats share a common
ancestor that lived a long time ago.
I. During their lifetimes, plants develop traits
like growing toward the sun that they
need in order to live.
True
False
Modern
biology
doesn’t say
According to modern biology…
J. When a predator is introduced into a
population of lizards, the lizards with traits
that help them avoid the predator are
more likely to survive and reproduce than
the others.
K. Pigeons and frogs share a common
ancestor that lived a long time ago.
L. A population of birds that lives in two
different places may slowly adapt to those
places and over many generations
become two different species.
M. People’s fate are determined by their
genes and not by free will.
True
False
Modern
biology
doesn’t say
Section C.
13. For the following items, please indicate your agreement/disagreement with
the given statements using the following scale:
Strongly
Agree
A. The modern theory of
evolution is just
speculation.
B. Strong scientific evidence
shows that evolution has
actually occurred.
C. The earth is less than
10,000 years old.
D. Mice today are basically
the same as mice have
always been.
E. The Earth is at least 4
billion years old.
F. The modern theory of
evolution cannot be
correct because it
disagrees with what the
Bible says.
G. Humans exist today in the
same form they always
have
H. Most scientists doubt
whether evolution occurs.
I. Over time, many new
types of plants and
animals have come into
existence.
Agree
Undecided
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
14. Do you, personally, think that the theory of evolution is correct, do you
think it is incorrect, or don’t you have an opinion either way?
Think the theory of evolution is correct
Think the theory of evolution is incorrect GO TO QUESTION 4
Don’t have an opinion GO TO QUESTION 5
15. Why do you think the modern theory of evolution is correct?
16. Why do you think the modern theory of evolution is incorrect?
17. How much evidence do you think supports the modern theory of
evolution?
Overwhelming evidence
A lot of evidence
Some evidence
A little evidence
No evidence
18. Does the modern theory of evolution claim that human beings are just
another species of animal with nothing really special about them?
Yes
No
19. Does the theory of evolution lead children to believe that there is no God or
does it not lead to this belief?
Does lead to this belief
Does not lead to this belief
20. How much does the theory of evolution conflict with a belief in morality?
Not at all
A little
Some
A lot
Completely
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