Midterm Exam

Question 1

Is a systematic methodology based on evidence

Answer 1

Science

Question 2

Hallmark of good science

Answer 2

Scientific measurements

Question 3

Greek astronomer, the first person who made good measurement of the Earth’s circumference

Answer 3

Eratosthenes

Question 4

The success of science rests more on ______________________

Answer 4

Scientific attitude

Question 5

Examples of scientific attitude

Answer 5

Inquiry, integrity, and humility

Question 6

Science is cosmic _______
Art is cosmic _________
Religion is cosmic ________

Answer 6

Science is cosmic ORDER
Art is cosmic BEAUTY
Religion is cosmic PURPOSE

Question 7

Is a methodical way of gaining knowledge on a particular subject through observation and experiments

Answer 7

Science

Question 8

Alludes to the practical application of the scientific knowledge for various purposes

Answer 8

Technology

Question 9

True or False

Is Science always harmful?

Answer 9

False

Science is always useful.

Question 10

True or False

Technology can be useful or harmful.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Drives technological innovations and scientific inquiry

Answer 11

Society

Question 12

In the ancient times, people were concerned about the ff.:

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Transportation and Navigation, Communication and record keeping, Mass Production, Security and Protection, Health, Aesthetic, and Architecture

Question 13

The first Western Civilization to develop the “art of navigation”

Answer 13

Phoenicians

Question 14

History of Human Communication

Are the oldest methods of communicating

Answer 14

Cave Painting

Question 15

Is known as the world’s oldest known cave painting. Where is it found?

Answer 15

Painting of wild pig, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Question 16

Also known as “Rock Carvings”

Answer 16

Petroglyphs

Question 17

The oldest known rock carvings in India

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Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

Question 18

Discovered in 1965 at Angono, Rizal, Philippines. Also known as the oldest known rock carving in the Philippines

Answer 18

Angono Petroglyphs

Question 19

Found to be the oldest cave drawing in the Philippines. Where is this found?

Answer 19

Rock Arts in Peñablanca, found at Cagayan

Question 20

Described as the “spoken word of manual craft or cunning skill”

Answer 20

Technology

Question 21

1st known technological invention of humans

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Stone tools

Question 22

Always cited as the hallmark of ‘man’s innovation’

Answer 22

Wheel

Question 23

The first modern pharmaceutical medicine (what is this) was invented by ______________________, a German scientist.

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Morphine, Friedrich Sertürner

Question 24

From what chemical was morphine extracted from?

Answer 24

Opium

Question 25

Known as the **wonder drug**

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Aspirin

Question 26

Who invented the Aspirin?

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Felix Hoffmann

Question 27

Was the **drastic change in scientific thought** that took place during the 16th and 17th century.

Answer 27

Scientific Revolution

Question 28

“pre-Socratic” or “non-theological” or “first philosophy” that deals with physics and logic

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Intellectual Revolution

Question 29

It is the period where **paradigm shifts occured**

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Intellectual Revolutio

Question 30

The philosophical study of the nature and physical universe

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Natural Philosophy

Question 31

The 3 Ionian Thinkers

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Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes

Question 32

Where is the town of Ionia located? And where is it now?

Answer 32

Ionia is in the town of Miletus, now located on the western coast of modern Turkey, in the peninsula of Anatolia

Question 33

Philosophy before Socrates

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Presocratic Philosophy

Question 34

This philosophy was primarily concerned with **cosmological and physical speculations**

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Presocratic Philosophy

Question 35

Philosopher who said that water is the basic stuff of all things

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Thales

Question 36

What did Anaximander introduce during his time?

Answer 36

The apeiron or the boundless is the beginning of everything

Question 37

He was the first Greek known to have produced a **written account** of the natural world

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Anaximander

Question 38

What did Anaximenes believe?

Answer 38

He believed that **condensed and expanded air** is the source of everything

Question 39

The scientific revolution that began in **astronomy**

Answer 39

Copernican Revolution

Question 40

What is the name of Copernicus’ work?

Answer 40

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres)

Question 41

Who discovered the Heliocentric Model?

Answer 41

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 42

Who discovered the Geocentric Model?

Answer 42

Claudius Ptolemaeus

Question 43

Who discovered the Geo-Heliocentric Model?

Answer 43

Tycho Brahe

Question 44

What is Heliocentrism?

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Sun is at the center of the planets

Question 45

What is Geocentrism?

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Earth is at the center

Question 46

A German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer, who published a book called Astronomia Nova, and he’s an assistant of Tycho Brahe

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Johannes Kepler

Question 47

He discovered the 3 laws of planetary motion

Answer 47

Johannes Kepler

Question 48

What is the meaning of “matatag” in “Matatag, Maginhawa, at Panatag na buhay”?

Answer 48

Stable

Question 49

What is the meaning of “maginhawa” in “Matatag, Maginhawa, at Panatag na buhay”?

Answer 49

Comfortable

Question 50

PAGASA

Answer 50

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration