| Item | Dem | Ind | Rep |
| Astrology is not scientific | 64.3% | 55.7% | 75.1% |
| The benefits of science exceed the harms | 73.3% | 66.2% | 78.0% |
| Understands the need for control groups in testing | 79.8% | 81.4% | 82.1% |
| The earth's core is very hot | 94.2% | 92.6% | 94.6% |
| Demonstrates a basic understanding of probability | 87.9% | 90.0% | 91.8% |
| Not all radioactivity is man-made | 79.2% | 78.5% | 85.9% |
| Father, not mother, determines a child's sex | 72.0% | 74.7% | 77.3% |
| Lasers are not made by condensing sound waves | 63.4% | 70.9% | 75.1% |
| Electrons are smaller than atoms | 71.4% | 71.3% | 72.8% |
| Antibiotics do not kill viruses | 55.7% | 55.4% | 65.8% |
| Continental drift has and continues to occur | 90.1% | 90.6% | 87.9% |
| Humans evolved from other animals | 57.6% | 50.7% | 41.5% |
| The earth revolves around the sun | 79.2% | 73.9% | 81.5% |
| It takes the earth one year to rotate around the sun | 75.8% | 78.8% | 78.9% |
| Respondent will eat genetically modified foods | 66.1% | 69.4% | 73.1% |
| The north pole is on a sheet of ice | 67.0% | 59.7% | 63.4% |
| Not all man-made chemicals cause cancer when eaten | 46.6% | 46.4% | 52.6% |
| Exposure to radioactivity doesn't necessarily lead to death | 67.5% | 67.1% | 77.0% |
| Exposure to pesticides doesn't necessarily cause cancer | 55.5% | 57.9% | 66.8% |
