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SCIENTIA

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KNOWLEDGE

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King of the Visigoths

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Alaric I

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also called the cheiromangana, was made as an alteration of the counterweight trebuchet

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Handheld Trebuchet

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type of catapult that uses a siege engine in its mechanism to throw a projectile.

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Trebuchet

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uses running water to grind grains.

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Tidal Mill

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holy book of Muslim

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Koran

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“Father of Modern Optics”.

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Alhazen

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who wrote The Canon of Medicine. This medical encyclopedia was the first to describe the anatomy of the human eye and recognize the contagious natures of tuberculosis and meningitis.

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Avicenna

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Father of Surgery

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Al-Zahrawi

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It was a summation of his 50 years of medical education, trainings, ets. It contains directions on the proper procedures in performing surgery.

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The Clearance of Medical Science for Those Who Cannot Compile It.

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Algebra.

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MUHAMMAD IBN MUSA AL-KHWARIZMI

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devised a method of determining the radius of the earth by observing the height of a mountain in Nandana (Pakistan).
-also proposed the theory of the earth rotating on its axis and made precise calculations of the specific gravity of 18 precious stones and minerals.

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AL-BIRUNI

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known to be cruel warriors, pillagers, and skillful navigators.

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Vikings

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The most visual contribution of ancient Rome was its Roman Architecture.

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true

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The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

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true

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In 1764, James Hargreaves developed a machine that spins thread more than one spindle at a time and was called________ ________ .

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Spinning Jenny /Saxon Wheel

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It was during the Han Dynasty of ancient China that ________________, the cultivation and production of silk, was refined and mastered.

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sericulture

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The trebuchet was created for agricultural purposes.

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false

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The Silicon Valley in Northern California became the global center of digital and technological innovation.

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true

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In the Renaissance period, Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the earth-centred system of the universe.

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false

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The greatest engineering and architectural achievement in the world in ancient Egypt was the Pyramid of Giza.

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true

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The Modern Ages was believed to have coincided with the fall of the Roman Empire.

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false

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German archaeologist Robert Koldewey was the first to excavate the ruins of Babylon in 1899.

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true

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The legacy of Rome was due to its civil and military engineering.

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true

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Radioactivity was discovered by Henri Becquerel, which was later expounded by Marie and Pierre Curie.
true
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The writing material of the Egyptians was papyrus whereas the Babylonians was the cuneiform.
true
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The "Father of Italian Poetry" was Raphael.
false
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The ancient Chinese developed a counting device called the ________________.
abacus
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The first emperor of Rome was ________________.
Augustus Caesar / Caesar
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Alchemy is an ancient branch of natural philosophy that mainly seeks to convert base metals into noble metals such as gold.
true
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involves the division of a single piece of land into three smaller plots where different seasonal crops would be planted.
three-field system
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A period characterized by the shift from agricultural processes to urbanized and industrial processes is the ________________ Revolution.
industrial
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The first civilization was Macedonia.
false
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Eugen Goldstein discovered the positive particles called neutrons.
false
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Carolus Linnaeus developed a system of naming organisms called the ________________ system of classification.
binomial/binomial nomeclature
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He was the one who invented the printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg
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__________________ was developed by a Persian scholar named Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi.
algebra
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George Cuvier, a pioneer in the field of Paleontology, proposed the _________________, which hypothesized that extinctions must have been common in the Earth's history.
theory of catastrophism
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In 1809, Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, a French naturalist, proposed the:
Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
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William Shockley, known for his invention of the __________________ , was arguably the single person most responsible for ushering in the computer age.
TRANSISTORS
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In 1961, IBM released the first IBM supercomputer that ran completely through transistors and was called:
IBM Stretch Computer
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Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the double helix structure of the molecule dubbed as the "blueprint of life".
DNA
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Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, created in 1989 the:
WWW
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He was considered as the "Father of Western Medicine".
Hippocrates
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The floppy disks gained popularity with the introduction of:
Apple II
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Tommy Harold Flowers invented the world's first programmable electronic computer in 1943 called the:
Colossus
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The theory of relativity was established by:
Albert Einstein
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He earned the title "Father of the Modern Computer".
Alan Turing
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He was known as the "Father of Genetics".
Gregor Mendel
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2 MAIN RELIGIOUS ORDERS SPEARHEADED THE METHODOLOGY OF SCHOLASTICISM THROUGHOUT EUROPE
Franciscans and Dominicans
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first medieval universities that emerged during the High Middle Ages at the beginning of the 13th Century.
Studium Generale
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who invented the world's first programmable electronic computer in 1943 called the colossus
Tommy Harold Flowers
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a pioneer in the field of Paleontology, proposed the theory of catastrophism, which hypothesized that extinctions must have been common in the Earth's history.
George Cuvier
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developed a system of naming organisms called the binomial nomenclature system of classification.
Carolus Linnaeus
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spinning mule
Samuel Crompton
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flying shuttle
John Kay
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electrons
J.J Thomson
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radioactivity
Henri Becquerel
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expounded the radioactivity
Marie and Pierre Curie
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Uniformitarianism
Charles Lyell
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Quantum Theory
Max Planck
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HIV
Luc Montagnier
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AIDS
Robert Gallo
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Organized the National Science Development Board and its agencies into the National Science and Technology Authority
Marcos
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The Philippine Clean Air Act and Electronic Commerce Act were enacted under this administration.
Estrada
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Gave science and technology representation in the cabinet by creating the Department of Science and Technology
Corazon Aquino
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The Biodiesel Act and Philippine Technology Transfer Act were enacted under this administration.
Arroyo
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Known as the “Father of Natural Products Research in the Philippines”
Alfredo Santos
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The Harmonized Agenda for Science and Technology started during this administration.
Benigno Aquino III
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Known for the discovery of Conus toxin that can be used as a painkiller
Lourdes Cruz and Baldomero Olivera
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Developed the single-chip graphical user interface accelerator
Diosdado Banatao
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Discovered essential oils in native plants
Luz Oliveros-Belardo
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Known as the “Father of Philippine Geothermal Energy Development
Arturo Pineda Alcaraz
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The modernization of science and technology in the country began during the __________ colonial period.
spanish
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Known as the “Father of Philippine Botany and Pharmacy"
Leon Ma. Guerrero
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Meteorological studies in the country were promoted by Jesuit priests who founded the __________ in 1865.
Manila Observatory
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The __________, one of the world's oldest Catholic university, was created during the Spanish colonial rule.
UST
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The __________, a national educational institution, was established during the American colonial rule.
UP
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During the American colonial administration, the Bureau of Government Laboratories was created replacing the [ Select ] , which was established by the Spanish colonial government. It was later renamed [ Select ] on October 26, 1905.
Answer 1: Bureau of Government Laboratories Answer 2: Laboratorio Municipal Answer 3: Bureau of Science
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Psychoanalytic theory
FREUD
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Heliocentric theory
COPERNICUS
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Theory of Mathematical Communication
SHANNON
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Theory of Natural Selection
DARWIN
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Structures of Personality: id, ego, and superego
Freud
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Structures of Personality
id, ego, and superego
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The first supercomputer that ran completely through transistors.
IBM STRETCH
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The first electronic digital computer
Atanasoff-Berry
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The first solid state computer
IBM 608
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He drew the first map of the world with the Earth taking in the shape of the cylinder floating in the center of the Universe.
ANAXIMANDER
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geoheliocentrism
Tycho Brahe
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He proposed his laws of planetary motions in 1609
Johannes Kepler
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A subdiscipline of biological sciences that has to do with the origin of life as well as diversity of life forms through time.
evolution
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Descartes paradigm is also known as
Cartesian paradigm
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The consciousness aspect of personality that include untamed instincts, impulses and desires.
id
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analytical psychology
Carl Jung
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A drastic change in what is established and embraced by the society
revolution
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He believed that the cosmos is made up of matter in geometric shapes.
Plato
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He invented the telescope and observed the movements of the moon, Venus, Jupiter and its satellites.
Galileo Galilei
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polio vaccine
Albert Sabin
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geocentric model
Ptolemy
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neutron
James Chadwick
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penicillin
Alexander Fleming
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pressure cooker
Denis Papin
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Father of Italian Poetry
Dante
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Father of Humanism
Francesco Petrarca
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Father of Railways
George Stephenson
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first locomotive
Richard Trevithick
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first locomotive named ______
New Castle
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protons
Eugen Goldstein
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quantum mechanics
Erwin Schrodinger
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Who founded UST?
Miguel de Benavides
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also known as PHL-Microsat - 1
Space Technology
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who discovered erythromycin
Abelardo Aguilar
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was the first to described and diagnose symptoms of different diseases and their treatment
Galen
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first roman aqueduct
Aqua Appia
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discovered an alloy of iron that combined carbon and manganese with the formed iron.
Robert Mushet
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discovered the importance role of carbon in steel
Tobern Bergman
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improved the manufacturing steel
William Kelly and Henry Bessemer

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