Chapter 1: Introduction to Science, Technology, & Society

Question 1

Science comes from the Latin word “Scientia” which means?

Answer 1

Knowledge.

Question 2

This refers to a systematic and methodical activity of building and organizing “knowledge about how the universe operates behaves through observation, experimentation, or both.”

Answer 2

Science.

Question 3

Technology comes from what Greek word that means “art, skill, or cunning of hand?”

Answer 3

Techne.

Question 4

It is the application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to produce services, materials, tools, and machines aimed at solving real-world problems.

Answer 4

Technology.

Question 5

Who was this American scientist who said “We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster.”

Answer 5

Carl Sagan.

Question 6

It is a relatively young field that combines previously independent and older disciplines such as the history of science, philosophy of science, and sociology of science.

Answer 6

Science, Technology, and Society (STS).

Question 7

It is a series of improvements in human life marked by inventions and discoveries.

Answer 7

Progress.