Module 1 Flashcards
the careful study of the structure and behavior of the physical world, especially by watching, measuring, and doing experiments,
and the development of theories to describe the results of these activities
SCIENCE
formulate testable
explanations and predictions based on their observations
SCIENTISTS
is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. It is a scientific or industrial process,
invention, method, or the like.
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY is from the Greek word
tekhnē (art or craft) and -logia (study or
knowledge)
is a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another
ANTECEDENT
- The _____ was used not for transportation but as
potter’s _____ and existed around 3500 BC. - It was originally based on two wheels which were
attached with an animal like a horse using wood and
ropes - The Sumerians developed the first form of writing called
_________ to maintain business records.
(3 different answers)
Wheel
Chariot
Cuneiform
was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the
northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau,
corresponding to today’s Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey
Mesopotamia
- Hero of Alexandria as he was often known, was a
Greek born in 10AD in Alexandria, part of Egypt, invented this. It was used to automate opening of temple doors by lighting a
fire on the altar. - are the earliest paper-like material
- Using the power of oxen to pull the plough
revolutionized agriculture.
(3 different answers)
- Aeolipile or steam engine
- Papyrus Sheets
- Ox-drawn Plough
- The black ___ was the often used one for writing in hieroglyphs. This ___ was
very black like carbon black and could not deteriorate when been applied over the papyrus to write. - The Egyptians were so advanced that had the idea of calculating time as early as the 3,500BC and they invented the ________. The _______
made it possible to differentiate between and predict morning, afternoon and night. The oldest surviving sun clock was found in the 2013 in the Valley
of the Kings. - The ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife, plenty gods and goddesses which made to actually start the process of _____________. They whole heartedly believed that when a
Pharaoh dies his life energy (ka) would move from his body to another realm
temporarily, so it was important to them to preserve the body from decaying
when the spirit returns.
(3 different answers)
- Ink
- Sunclock (sundial)
- Mummification
- This is one of the seven famous wonders of the world, representing a
series of fortifications made initially of stone, earth and later of bricks. It was erected in 221 BC with the goal of protecting the northern borders
of the country from different nomadic groups that invaded the Chinese
Empire - Originally, it was used in fortune-telling and architecture until the
Chinese figured out it could be used for traveling
(2 different answers)
- Great Wall
- Compass
- Each of the dragons was facing downwards and had a small ball in its mouth. In the case of an earthquake, the dragon facing the closest
direction would open its mouth releasing the ball into the mouth of
small bronze frog underneath. - Although the discovery of _____ is linked to 105 AD, recent archaeological discoveries suggest that it already existed in Ancient China from around 100 BC. Back then, the _____ was made from mulberry tree bark but the creator later included hemp and fishnets to strengthen it.
(2 different answers)
- Seismograph
- Paper
- was invented in the Tang dynasty in the ninth century by alchemists
searching for an elixir of immortality. Gunpowder is a mixture of charcoal, saltpeter
and sulfur - The first __________ _____ in Europe was created around the beginning of the 13th
century. However, the first chinese mechanical clock was created in 725 by Yi Xing, a Buddhist monk, astronomer, mathematician and mechanical engineer who lived during the Tang Dynasty (from 618 to 907).. His clock worked by dripping water that
activated a wheel
(2 different answers)
- Gunpowder
- Mechanical Clock
was a geometer, military engineer, astronomer, and logician. Probably
influenced by Babylonians and Egyptians, discovered the solstice and
equinox and is credited with predicting a battle-stopping eclipse thought to be on 8 May 585 B.C
Thales of Miletus
(620 – 546 BC)
He invented the gnomon on the sundial (although some
say it came from the Babylonians), providing a way to keep track of time. He also created a map of the known
world. He was one of the first cartographers.
Anaximander of Miletus
(611 – 547 BC)
a greek philosopher constructed his
own version of an alarm clock with vessels much ahead of
Ctesibius.
Plato
(428-348 BCE)
Ancient alarm clock used by the Egyptians was made by a
greek engineer, physicist and mathematician ________ (285– 222 BCE) who lived in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt.
Ctesibius
