LESSON 2: HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Question 1

-A tool used and invented by ancient Egyptians to irrigate land.
-It is a hand-operated device used for lifting water.
-Its invention introduced the idea of lifting things using counterweights.

Answer 1

SHADOOF

Question 2

-It is also known as the Hero’s engine
-It is a steam-powered turbine which spins as the water container as its center is heated.
-At first, it doesn’t served any practical purpose. It is believed to be one of the “temple wonders” at that time.

Answer 2

AEOLIPILE

Question 3

Turned European agriculture and economy on its head. The fields with heavy, fatty soil became that gave the greatest yields.

Answer 3

HEAVY PLOUGH

Question 4

Accidentally invented by Chinese alchemists around 850 A.D.

Answer 4

GUNPOWDER

Question 5

Who invented Engine-powdered airplane?

Answer 5

Orville and Willbur Wright

Question 6

-Invented by Scottish engineer John Logie Baird in 1920s

Answer 6

TELEVISON

Question 7

-A precursor to the unfolding or existence of something
-Factors that paved way for the presence of advanced and sophisticated scientific and technological innovations today

Answer 7

ANTECEDENT

Question 8

Major advances in scientific and technological development took place in this period.
(1) new inventions
(2) innovations in traditional productions
(3) emergence of scientific thinking and method

Answer 8

MIDDLE AGES

Question 9

Around 3000 B.C., the ancient Egyptians began writing on a papyrus

Answer 9

PAPER

Question 10

Invented by Galileo Galilei that can magnify 20 ties larger than a regular glasses. It is used to discover important astronomical discoveries such as craters and mountains in the moon.

Answer 10

TELESCOPE

Question 11

Invented by a Dutch Zacharias Janssen in 1590’s. Used in the area of medicine, forensics and genetics.

Answer 11

COMPOUND MICROSCOPE

Question 12

Built by French weaver Joseph Marie Jacquard which simplifies textile manufacturing.

Answer 12

JACQUARD LOOM

Question 13

-Invented by Abelardo Aguilar
-Created from the strain of bacterium Streptomyces erthreus

Answer 13

Erythromycin

Question 14

-Invented by Fe Del Mundo
- First woman pediatrician that entered the Harvard University’s school of medicine.

Answer 14

Medicine Incubator

Question 15

A machine used to transform fiber into thread or yarn and eventually woven into cloth.

Answer 15

SPINNING WHEEL

Question 16

Invented by Mr. Rolando Dela Cruz made from cashew nuts extracts

Answer 16

MOLE REMOVER

Question 17

Invented by Maria Y. Orosa

Answer 17

BANANA KETCHUP

Question 18

Discovered in 1902 and retrieved from the waters of Antikythera, Greece. It is a mechanism similar to a clock for it has a circular face and rotating hands.

Answer 18

ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM

Question 19

First used by Chinese in 7th century.

Answer 19

PAPER MONEY

Question 20

Helped people in accurately keeping track of time

Answer 20

MECHANICAL CLOCK