LESSON 1

Question 1

it is the interaction of science, technology, and social, political, and economic context

Answer 1

science, technology, and society

Question 2

human successes:

Answer 2

• the wheel
• the compass
• the internal combustion engine
• the penicillin
• the internet
• the telephone
• the printing-press

Question 3

when was the wheel created?

Answer 3

3500 BC

Question 4

it started when they wanted to connect a non-moving material with a rolling cylinder

Answer 4

the wheel

Question 5

it is invented by the Chinese during 9th to 11th century

Answer 5

the compass

Question 6

the first compass was made of?

Answer 6

Lodestone

Question 7

it is a naturally-magnetized iron ore

Answer 7

lodestone

Question 8

because of this material, the sea of trade was expanded and it led to the Age of Discovery

Answer 8

the compass

Question 9

when was the internal combustion engine made?

Answer 9

19th century

Question 10

how does a combustion engine move?

Answer 10

combustion of fuel releases a high-temperature gas that expands and applies force to the piston, making it move

Question 11

the combustion engine converts chemical energy into

Answer 11

mechanical work

Question 12

when was the printing press?

Answer 12

1940

Question 13

who invented the printing press?

Answer 13

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 14

what was the ink used in printing-press?

Answer 14

linseed oil and soot

Question 15

when was the telephone?

Answer 15

1876

Question 16

who made the telephone?

Answer 16

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 17

it revolutionized global business and communication

Answer 17

the telephone

Question 18

when was penicillin?

Answer 18

1928

Question 19

who invented penicillin?

Answer 19

Alexander Fleming

Question 20

what was the mold in the petri dish of Fleming called?

Answer 20

Fungus Penicillium

Question 21

the penicillin was advertised and mass-produced by?

Answer 21

1944

Question 22

when was the internet?

Answer 22

1960s

Question 23

who invented the first Internet?

Answer 23

team of computer scientist working for the US Defense Department’s ARPA

Question 24

what was the predecessor of the internet called?

Answer 24

ARPANET

Question 25

what does ARPA stand for?

Answer 25

Advance Research Project Agency

Question 26

this is the mode of data transmission used by the Internet

Answer 26

Packet Switching

Question 27

the internet is also known as

Answer 27

information superhighway

Question 28

we have degraded the natural world

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ethical dilemma

Question 29

advanced countries vs. countries at disadvantage

Answer 29

disparities in human well-being

Question 30

military weapons in each country

Answer 30

social and cultural conflicts

Question 31

threats to human survival

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nuclear weapons and chemical and biological warfare

Question 32

when was nuclear weapons invented?

Answer 32

1945

Question 33

ecofriendly technologies

Answer 33

solar energy geothermal energy wind dower

Question 34

it lasted for 3.4 million years

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stone age

Question 35

uses stones and bones and woods era

Answer 35

stone age

Question 36

this period is where fire is first discovered and clothing is first invented

Answer 36

stone age

Question 37

it is the age part of the stone age where they learned to make leather from animal skin

Answer 37

paleolithic age

Question 38

most advance metal-working and implements made from pure copper during 3300-2500 BC

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Bronze Age

Question 39

how do they cast bronze during bronze age?

Answer 39

they smelt copper and tin from ores and alloying them to cast bronze

Question 40

they use iron and steel in this era

Answer 40

iron age

Question 41

this is a part of the stone age where they learned to domesticate animals so they made clothes out of wool and dye

Answer 41

Neolithic age

Question 42

during the stone age they sharpened edges of tools by

Answer 42

flaking

Question 43

it is the first era to create technologies by refining, smelting, and casting metal ores

Answer 43

bronze age

Question 44

it is the period where dikes were first built to solve annual flooding problem in Egypt and Mesopotamia

Answer 44

bronze age

Question 45

during the bronze age, the model of the universe is:

Answer 45

universe - rectangular box bottom - slightly concave top - four peaks of mountains corners - flat/vaulted

Question 46

when was the fermentation of drinks in Egypt and Mesopotamia?

Answer 46

bronze age

Question 47

who were the first to realized that the dark-silvery rocks poking out of earth can be turned into tools and weapons during 1500 BC?

Answer 47

Western Africans and Southwestern Asians

Question 48

it is the most prominent medical procedure during the iron age

Answer 48

examining pulse

Question 49

he was known among the medical field during the iron age

Answer 49

Hippocrates

Question 50

he was known as the founder of geometry and mathematics during the iron age

Answer 50

Pythagoras