GEC 8 CHAPTER 1

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Comes from the latin word “scio” meaning i know, “scire” meaning to know and “scientia” meaning knowledge

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Science

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A body of knowledge based on scientific inquiry and creative process based on observation and experimentation

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Science

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What are the two types of science

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Pure Science and Applied Science

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Concerned with gathering of information solely for the sake of obtaining new knowledge

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Pure Science

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It is the practical application of scientific theory and law that can be used in everyday situations called technology

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Applied Science

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What are the main division of science

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Physical Science and Biological Science

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It deals with the matter and energy apart from life.

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Physical science

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It deals with the more complex things as observed in living things

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Biological Science

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The signs of energy and matter and their interaction and how they relate to each other

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Physics

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The signs of energy and matter and their interaction and how they relate to each other

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Physics

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Branch of science that deals with the properties of position and structure of elements and compound

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Chemistry

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It is the study of the earth’s history , its composition and earth’s processes including its future.

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Geology

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The study of the physical properties on the surface of the earth and its interaction between the environment and people

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Geography

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Designs dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena; the study of atmosphere, weather, and climate.

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Meteorology

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Is the study of the atmosphere and weather patterns over time

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Climatology

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The branch of science which deals with the celestial objects, space and the physical universe as a whole.

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Astronomy

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Study of living things , both plants and animals

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Biology

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It is the application of science to solve problems

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Technology

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What are the two types of technology

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Simple Technology and Advanced Technology

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Derived from latin word “socius” which means companionship or friendship

A large grouping that shares the same geographical territory , shares a common culture and social structure

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Society

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A society is relatively independent self perpetuating human group . .

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Horton and Hunt

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A society is a system of usage and procedures . . .

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Maclver and Page

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Society is the union itself, the organization . . .

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Franklin Henry Giddings

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What are the two types of society

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Pre-industrial society and industrial society

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What are the sub-types of pre-industrial society

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Hunting and gathering , horticulture and pastoral , and agrarian

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It is the simplest kind of society with simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation

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Hunting and gathering societies

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It is with the use of hand tools to cultivate crops was discovered people turn to domestication of animals

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Horticultural and pastoral societies

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The discovery of agriculture in which large scale cultivation using klaus harnessed to animals or more powerful energy sources

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Agrarian society

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A social system in which the mode of production focuses primarily on finished goods manufactured with the aid of machinery

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Industrial society

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Man's first invention

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Fire

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The world's first writing system

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Cuneiform

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Measurement which uses the number 60 as base system

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Sexagesimal system

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One of seven wonders of the world

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Egyptian system of writing

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Hieroglyphics

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It is composed of 365 days

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Egyptian calendar

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It is used to calculate time

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Water clock

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A system of embalming their dead to preserve the body

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Mummification

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Became the first model of the universe from more than 1,400 years

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Geocentric theory

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Could accommodate is many is 300,000 people

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Public buildings

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Stretch for thousands of miles

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Roman roads

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Book written and published by ibn sina or avicenna

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Canon of medicine

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First to use them for magnification

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Glass lens

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Eventually used as gunpowder and they were the first to create the first gun

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Black powder

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Two architectural monuments of massive proportions

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The great wall of china and the great palace of the first emperor

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It is the practice of acupuncture

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Chinese medicine

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It is known as an indian art

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Mathematical concepts

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Represented the aztec universe

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Calendar stone

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With 20 as the base number instead of 10

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Mathematical system

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It is made out of cacao beans

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Chocolates

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It is chips made from corn

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Tacos and tortilla

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Is known as the period of rebirth or revival in the europe

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Renaissance period

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Invented in the 1440s by Johan Guttenberg in germany

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Movable type printing press

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One of the greatest artist of his time

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Leonardo da vinci (1452-1519)

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It is written by Nicolaus Copernicus

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On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres

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It is written by andreas vesalius

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On the fabric of the human body

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Telescope

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Galileo Galilei and hans lippershey in Holland

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Cell

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Antony van leeuwenhoek and robert hooke

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Optics

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Isaac newton

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Barometer

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Evangelista torricelli and blaise pascal

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Steam engine

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James watt with his friend joseph black

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Electric battery

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Alessandro volta

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Electromagnetism

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Michael faraday

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Electric motor

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Hans oersted

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Electric current

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Andrei ampere

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Telegraph

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Samuel F.B . Morse

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Telephone

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Alexander graham bell

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Electric bulb

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Thomas alva edison

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He held a world record of 1093 patents for his invention including incandescent electric light

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Thomas alva edison

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Radio waves

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Heinrich hertz

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Radio telegraphy

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Guglielmo Marconi

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Motor car

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Nicolas Otto

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X ray

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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Airplane

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Wilbur and orville wright

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Rockets and space flights

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Konstantin Tsiokovsky

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The first man to orbit the earth in 1961

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Yuri Gagarin

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Atomic bomb

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John cockroft and ernest walton proved by albert einstein

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Own writing system

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Baybayin

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The first state university in the philippines

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University of the Philippines

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An amphibious tricycle that can cross not only flooded streets but also rivers and lakes

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Salamander amphibious tricycle Victor Llave and his team

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A lighting system that utilizes saltwater, a material abundant in the philippines

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Salt lamp by Aisa Mijeno

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Made from indigenous and cheap materials which did not on electricity

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Medical incubator by Dr. Fe del Mundo

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An environment-friendly jeepney that does not emit any smoke and noise

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Electric jeepney by Leonardo Sarao