L1- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO SOCIETY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Question 1

It is the interaction between science and
technology and social cultural, political,
and economc contexts which shape and
are shaped by them.

Answer 1

Science, Technology, & Society (STS)

Question 2

SOME OF THE NOTABLE HUMAN SUCCESSES IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (7 kabuok: WCPITPT)

Answer 2

1. THE WHEEL
2. THE COMPASS
3. THE PRINTING PRESS
4. THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
5. THE TELEPHONE
6. PENICILLIN
7. THE INTERNET

Question 3

The idea came to connect a non-moving platform to a rolling cylinder.

Answer 3

Wheel

Question 4

facilitated agriculture and commence by enabling the transportation of goods to and from markets, as well as easing the burden of people traveling great distances.

Answer 4

Wheeled carts

Question 5

Invented by the Chinese between 9th to 11th
century

Answer 5

Compass

Question 6

The compass was invented by the __________between 9th to 11th century

Answer 6

Chinese

Question 7

The first compass was made of _______, a
naturally-magnetized iron ore, the attractive
properties of which they had been studying for
centuries.

Answer 7

lodestone

Question 8

The ________ enabled mariners to navigate
safely far from land, increasing sea trade

Answer 8

compass

Question 9

Contributed to the AGE OF DISCOVERY

Answer 9

Compass

Question 10

Around 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg

Answer 10

PRINTING PRESS

Question 11

Invented the printing press in 1440

Answer 11

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 12

the first to have created a mechanized process
that transferred the ink (made from linseed oil
and soot) from movable type of paper.

Answer 12

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 13

This exponentially increased the speed of
making book copies, leading to the rapid
dissemination of knowledge for the first time in
history.

Answer 13

THE PRINTING PRESS

Question 14

the combustion of fuel releases a high-temperature gas, which, as it expands, applies force to a piston, moving it.

Answer 14

THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Question 15

________ convert chemical energy into mechanical work.

Answer 15

combustion engines

Question 16

The engines steered into the _________, enabling the invention of machines like modern cars and aircraft.

Answer 16

Industrial Age

Question 17

1876 by Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 17

Telephone

Question 18

Invented the telephone in 1876

Answer 18

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 19

revolutionized global business and communication.

Answer 19

Telephone

Question 20

1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming

Answer 20

Penicillin

Question 21

Invented penicillin in 1928

Answer 21

Alexander Fleming

Question 22

Fleming noticed a bacteria-filled Petri dish in his laboratory, the sample had become contaminated
with a mold, and everywhere the mold was, the bacteria was dead. That antibiotic mold turned out to be the _______

Answer 22

fungus Penicillum.

Question 23

______ fights a huge number of bacterial
infections in humans without harming the
humans themselves.

Answer 23

Penicillin

Question 24

Advertised and mass-produced by 1944.

Answer 24

Penicillin

Question 25

When was internet invented

Answer 25

1960

Question 26

It is the global system of interconnected computer networks used by billions of people worldwide.

Answer 26

Internet

Question 27

A team of computer scientists working for the US
Defense Department’s _________________ built a communications network to connect the computers in the agency, called _________, the predecessor of the Internet.

Answer 27

ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency)/ ARPANET

Question 28

“packet switching”

Answer 28

Interent

Question 29

“Information superhighway”

Answer 29

Internet

Question 30

Solar panels for electricity

Answer 30

Solar energy

Question 31

Heat from the earth

Answer 31

Geothermal energy

Question 32

Windmills as source of energy

Answer 32

Wind power

Question 33

IV. DISADVANTAGES AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Answer 33

A. THREATS TO HUMAN SURVIVAL
B. ETHICAL DILEMMAS
C. DISPARITIES IN HUMAN WELLBEING
D. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICTS
E. INNOVATING TECHNOLOGIES CAN HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR CERTAIN SECTORS OR CONSTITUENCIES

Question 34

the nuclear bombing of ______ and ________ that caused death of many people.

Answer 34

Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Question 35

_________ is vital for national security of many governments; superior and highly technical weapons dictated the outcomes of some recent wars.

Answer 35

Military power