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1
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Is a systematic methodology based on evidence

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Science

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2
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Hallmark of good science

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Scientific measurements

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

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Eratosthenes

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4
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The success of science rests more on ______________________

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Scientific attitude

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Examples of scientific attitude

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Inquiry, integrity, and humility

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

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

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

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Science

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

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Technology

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9
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True or False

Is Science always harmful?

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False

Science is always useful.

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10
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True or False

Technology can be useful or harmful.

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True

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Drives technological innovations and scientific inquiry

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Society

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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

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

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Phoenicians

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14
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History of Human Communication

Are the oldest methods of communicating

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Cave Painting

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

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Painting of wild pig, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Also known as “Rock Carvings”

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Petroglyphs

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17
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The oldest known rock carvings in India

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Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

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18
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Discovered in 1965 at Angono, Rizal, Philippines. Also known as the oldest known rock carving in the Philippines

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Angono Petroglyphs

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

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Rock Arts in Peñablanca, found at Cagayan

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20
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Described as the “spoken word of manual craft or cunning skill”

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Technology

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21
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1st known technological invention of humans

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Stone tools

22
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Always cited as the hallmark of ‘man’s innovation’

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Wheel

23
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The first modern pharmaceutical medicine (what is this) was invented by ______________________, a German scientist.

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Morphine, Friedrich Sertürner

24
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From what chemical was morphine extracted from?

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Opium

25
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Known as the wonder drug

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Aspirin

26
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Who invented the Aspirin?

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Felix Hoffmann

27
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Was the drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th century.

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Scientific Revolution

28
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“pre-Socratic” or “non-theological” or “first philosophy” that deals with physics and logic

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Intellectual Revolution

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It is the period where paradigm shifts occured

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Intellectual Revolutio

30
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The philosophical study of the nature and physical universe

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Natural Philosophy

31
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The 3 Ionian Thinkers

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Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes

32
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Where is the town of Ionia located? And where is it now?

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

33
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Philosophy before Socrates

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Presocratic Philosophy

34
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This philosophy was primarily concerned with cosmological and physical speculations

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Presocratic Philosophy

35
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Philosopher who said that water is the basic stuff of all things

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Thales

36
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What did Anaximander introduce during his time?

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The apeiron or the boundless is the beginning of everything

37
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He was the first Greek known to have produced a written account of the natural world

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Anaximander

38
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What did Anaximenes believe?

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

39
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The scientific revolution that began in astronomy

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Copernican Revolution

40
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What is the name of Copernicus’ work?

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

41
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Who discovered the Heliocentric Model?

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Nicolaus Copernicus

42
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Who discovered the Geocentric Model?

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Claudius Ptolemaeus

43
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Who discovered the Geo-Heliocentric Model?

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Tycho Brahe

44
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What is Heliocentrism?

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Sun is at the center of the planets

45
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What is Geocentrism?

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Earth is at the center

46
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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

47
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He discovered the 3 laws of planetary motion

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Johannes Kepler

48
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What is the meaning of “matatag” in “Matatag, Maginhawa, at Panatag na buhay”?

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Stable

49
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What is the meaning of “maginhawa” in “Matatag, Maginhawa, at Panatag na buhay”?

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Comfortable

50
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PAGASA

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Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

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