Table 8 demonstrates that a relatively small percentage of students attained the level of conceptual chemical literacy at the end of the basic course. The students’ ability to determine the correct chemical statements regarding familiar phenomena was very poor. The percentage of correct answers ranged from 21-55 at the end of the basic course. The relatively low scores imply that the task was perceived as a difficult one, and a totally different task from that usually practised in class. Also, some items contained chemical knowledge that is not discussed during the basic course. The results indicate that by the end of the basic course most students still lack the ability to use the knowledge they acquired in their chemistry studies in different contexts, such as explanations of daily phenomena. The basic chemistry course does not contribute to this ability, since there were no significant differences in students’ scores pre and post the basic course.