Science sample tasks
Table 4.2 Science units 3 and 4: Percentage correct for each country on PISA 2003 questions UNIT:
OECD countries ANNEX
Partners
4 : Cloning 3.2
4.1
4.2
4.3
%
%
%
%
%
Australia Austria
34 35
25 14
67 67
56 50
73 57
Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Korea Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States OECD average Brazil Hong Kong-China Indonesia Latvia Liechtenstein Macao-China Russian Federation Serbia Thailand Tunisia Uruguay
38 42 68 29 54 32 32 40 46 40 30 38 56 63 33 33 48 39 41 50 38 69 44 41 33 56 46 43 43 22 44 54 55 29 40 61 41 32 20 29
14 27 27 10 26 20 16 16 26 11 17 19 38 23 15 8 18 23 10 12 18 25 19 17 21 12 19 17 19 4 22 3 13 23 23 18 7 6 7 13
71 69 66 61 75 73 67 57 69 73 59 64 72 68 68 47 71 67 63 58 64 63 66 69 69 43 61 62 65 48 72 26 59 69 69 58 50 39 39 55
52 58 42 45 63 56 47 46 48 45 48 60 44 33 51 39 58 55 39 45 51 37 50 47 51 41 53 56 49 46 53 25 51 46 54 52 33 33 20 43
66 73 50 56 70 64 63 51 55 59 71 69 65 51 55 59 70 75 59 57 66 45 70 54 62 46 79 66 62 53 52 21 54 67 48 55 49 61 30 65
QUESTION:
B
3 : Daylight 3.1
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