QUIZ Flashcards

1
Q

Latin word scientia -

A

“knowledge, awareness,
understanding”.
the state of knowing
 organize/systematize knowledge

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2
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the application of knowledge
 a ‘way of doing‘
 creating products that will help the people

A

tECHNOLOGY

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3
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Technology
involves:

A

tOOLS
TECHNIQUES
PROCEDURES

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4
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Examples of Technology

A

machines
electronics
softwares

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5
Q

Explores for the purpose of
knowing
- knowledge
 Engineers focus on using
science to create products

A

SCIENCE

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6
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  • Explores for the purpose of
    making something useful
    from that knowledge
  • DOING
  • Without technology some
    science experiments would
    not proceed
A

technology

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7
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 group of individuals
 are characterized by patterns of relationships
- who shares distinctive culture

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SOCIETY

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8
Q

STS is where the fields of Science,
Technology, and Sociology meet. The
integration of the three is shown by
the following framework:

A

framework

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9
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 The globe started in was known then as

A

Ancient mesopotamia

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10
Q

is a historical region in Western Asia situated within the Tigris–
Euphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of
Iraq, Kuwait, parts of Northern Saudi Arabia etc

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Mesopotamia

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11
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From the age of 4,000 BC, the high priest of Sumeria scrutinized the stars
and vast records.

A

The advent of science
Mesopotamia

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12
Q

They were not able to leave traces of their methods, but an old tablet
which was supposed to come from the period of 1800 BC.

A

Mesopotamia

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13
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did not consider science as a distinct
subject from Philosoph

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Ancient greece

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14
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 But, We can consider the work of one Philosopher as showing signs
of scientific perspectives.

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Ancient greece

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15
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a pre-Socratic philosopher, foresaw the
occurrence of a rare solar eclipse, which showed his tremendous
knowledge with a approaches relating to science.

A

Thales of Miletus

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16
Q

Many of the early Greek philosophers made as their center
of learning.

A

Athens

17
Q

were able to invent gunpowder, and in quick
succession, also made fireworks, rockets, metals, and even
guns

A

Chinese

18
Q

They also believe to have first invented the first compass

A

Compass

19
Q

was not to be left behind as many
of the most advance technology in the first millennium AD,
such as the spinning wheel, was first used by Indian, and
Indian farming techniques were considered superior even to
the Chinese

A

India

20
Q

 In such capital, the caliph founded the so-called house of wisdom, abiding
with the Islamic saying “The ink of a scholar is more holy than the blood of a
Martyr”.
 The House of Wisdom library in Baghdad had provided inspiration and well
being to several lovers of Astronomy, such as Al-Sufi, who was a fan on the
works of Ptolemy.
 The Science of Astronomy was of great use to Arabic nomads, who use
such knowledge of the heavenly bodies to navigate their tireless camels
across the Arabian desert, especially in the middle of the night.
 Some other Arab chemists discovered distillation and formulated words,
such as alkali and alcohol

A

Ushering the Golden Age of Islam

21
Q

when the idea
came about in 1532 that it was the sun which was at the center of the solar
system.

A

Nicolaus Copernicus, a doctor from Poland,

22
Q

with the use of more powerful
telescope, unidentified 4 moons of the planet Jupiter which mark the dawn
of a new age in cosmology.

A

Galileo galilei

23
Q

– Air pump.

A

Robert Boyle

24
Q

Theories of Light Travel

A

Isaac Newton

25
Q

Calculation on the approximate speed of light.

A

Danish Astronomer

26
Q

Dutch makers of eye glass produce the very first microscope, in late
1600. using his own microscope revealed for the very
first time to the scientific community, his findings on the complex
structure of small insects such as flees and bugs.

A

Robert Hooke

27
Q

a store owner of fabric, started making
his own microscope and was able to found small life forms in places
where scientists had not thought of conducting research before,
such as water

A

Anthonie van leeuwenhoek

28
Q

m using a microscope, showed that the different
stages in the development of an insect were not separate animals
but were just 1 and the same and just undergoing a process

A

John Swammerdam

29
Q

was able to discover root pressure and,
invented a trough for collecting gases.

A

stephen hales

30
Q

was primarily responsible Bernoulli principle, which stated that “The pressure of
fluid falls when it is moving”.

A

Daniele Bernoulli