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It is an organized knowledge of natural world, a human cultural activity, and a total societal enterprise.

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Science

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How do we define science?

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Content, Method, Attitude, Goals, Language, Tools, Community, Process, and Science

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Is an artifact or hardware such as tools, machines and products. A knowledge and methods. A human cultural activity or profession, and total societal enterprise. Is a system based in the application of knowledge through certain processes

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Technology

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What is the interconnection between science and technology?

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Science is the purpose of knowing while technology is the purpose of making something useful from that knowledge

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Who refered the Three Age System?

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Christian Jurgensen Thomsen

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6
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What are the 3 age system?

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Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age

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7
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Is a period of weapons made of stone, wood, bone or some other materials aside from metals.

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Stone Age

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He subdivided Stone Age into Paleolithic and Neolithic periods.

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John Lubbock

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9
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He termed the Mesolithic period.

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John Allen Brown

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This period is the longest phase of human history where the people are nomadic and their lifestyle is gathering and hunting foods.

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Paleolithic (Old stone) Period

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3 phases of Paleolithic period.

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Lower Paleolithic Period
Middle Paleolithic Period
Upper Paleolithic Period

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12
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He is an archeologist and curator of the National Museum of Denmark.

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Christian Jürgensen Thomsen

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13
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In stone age, humans hunted this ancient animal.

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Megafauna

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14
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A transitional period between Paleolithic and Neolithic was suggested by __________.

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De Mortillet

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Under Paleolithic Period, this period marked the age of human evolution with the development of simple tools such as stone choppers - believed to be made all the way back to the Australopithecus and homo erectus.

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Lower Paleolithic Period

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Under Paleolithic Period, this period is the emergence of neanderthal man, bone needles, and religious practice.

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Middle Paleolithic Period

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17
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Under Paleolithic Period, this period has homo sapiens groups. This period is known for communal hunting, extensive fishing, supernatural beliefs, cloth sewing, sculpture, painting and personal ornaments from bones, horns and ivory.

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Upper Paleolithic Period

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18
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The first man-made dwellings that can be brought and reassemble anywhere.

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Pit Houses

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The term _______ is used to describe the more than 200 small statuettes of voluptuous female figures that have been found at Upper Paleolithic sites across Europe and some parts of Asia.

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Venus Figurine

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20
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In this period, the ice age came to an end, people learned to fish along rivers and lake shores, make pottery and use a bow.

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Mesolithic Period (Middle Stone)

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21
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Smaller and more delicate stone tools for spears and arrows.

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Microliths

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22
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This period is the start of agriculture-based development through domestication of plants and animals.

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Neolithic Period (New Stone)

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This period is the introduction of metal tools where tools and weapons are made of bronze.

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Bronze Age

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24
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Bronze is made of what?

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88% copper and 12% tin

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25
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A naturally occuring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted through smelting.

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Ores

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26
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It began when smelting pits advanced to produce higher temperatures that could smelt iron ore.

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Iron Age

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27
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This period is also known as Medieval Age, the beginning of the Middle Ages is called the Dark Age because the great civilization of Rome and Greece had been conquered.

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Middle Age

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28
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It consists of the insertion of one or several small metal needles into the skin and underlying tissues at precise points on the body.

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Acupuncture (China)

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29
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Feudal System, Universities, Clock/Watch, Magnetic compass, Horse-collar, Watermill and windmill, Gun powder and cannon

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Europe

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30
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Information about medicine, diseases, astronomy are gathered
Solving square root and linear equations.
Medicine is nature-based, not superstitious.
Health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the mind, body and spirit.

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India

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31
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An Italian navigator who completed four voyages across Atlantic Ocean that opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization of the Americas

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Christopher Columbus

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32
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Pyramids, Mayan houses Sculptures
Cocoa beans as monetary units
Solar calendar
Positions of different heavenly bodies.

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Pre-columbian America (Mayan)

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33
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Farming (chili and avocado were widely cultivated)
Wood clothes
Decimal counting system
Calendar

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Pre-columbian America (Incas)

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34
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This period refers to the scientific intellectual achievements that led to radical changes in scientific inquiries..
It replaced a Greek view of nature which was more philosophical than empirical.

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Scientific Revolution

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35
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This model was discovered by Nicholas Copernicus. It describes the sun as the center of the universe and the earth and other planets revolves around it in circles.

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Universe Model

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36
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This law was theorized by Johannes Kepler, it states that all planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits

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Law of Planetary Motions

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It involves the discovery of the relations among distance, velocity, acceleration, and the law of inertia. By Galileo Galilei

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Work of Motion

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38
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This law describes the fundamental principles of physics by Isaac Newton.

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Law of Motion

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39
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This period covers the complex technological innovation that led to the substitution of machines and inanimate power for human skill and animal forces, respectively. This revolution started from Great Britain.

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Industrial Revolution

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40
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This is the period where the connection between science and technology was very minimal. It shifted during this period where science, technology, industry united at a common ground and cause.

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18th to 19th Century

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41
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During this era, science and technology has structurally and methodologically changed. Number of scientific theories were introduced and had influenced technological works in this century.

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20th Century to Date

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42
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It is the knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance.

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Information

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43
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He introduced letter-pressed printing or “movable type printing” to Europe (year 1455)

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Johannes Gutenberg

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44
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Mass distribution of information is possible but expensive.

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Gutenberg Principle

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45
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Books were printed and replicated with the use of presses. These books were called ______.

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Incunabula (cradle or birthplace)

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46
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The first book printed with a movable type printer in Europe. It marked the start of Gutenberg Revolution.

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Gutenberg Bible

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47
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This technology was discovered by Charles Babbage.

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Computer

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48
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He is the father of computers.

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Charles Babbage

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49
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Who discovered smelting?

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Sumerians of Mesopotamia

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50
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Where was the first iron smelted?

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South Caucasus

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51
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The Earth is considered to be the stationary center of the universe, with the sun, moon and planets revolving around it in spheres of their own.

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Ptolemaic Cosmology

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52
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Divided the universe into an earthly realm and a higher celestial one

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Aristotelian Natural Philosophy

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53
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High temples, Social calendar

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Pre-columbian America (Aztec)

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54
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3 laws of motion

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Law of Inertia
Law of Acceleration
Law of Action and Reaction

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55
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The Rocket

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Robert Stephenson

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56
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First Airplane

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Orville and Wilbur Wright

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57
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Diesel Engine

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Rudolf Diesel

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58
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Spinning Jenny

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James Hargreaves

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59
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Cotton Gin

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Eli Whitney

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60
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Law on electrostatic interaction and frictional electrostatic instrumentation.

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Charles-Augustine de Coloumb

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61
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Cell or Battery

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Alessandro Volta

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62
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Electricity-generated magnetism

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Hans Christian Oersted

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63
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How electric current produces magnetism

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Andre-Marie Ampere

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64
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First measurement of earth’s magnetism

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Paul Erman

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65
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Magnetism generates electricity

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Michael Faraday

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66
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Unification theory - electricity and magnetism

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James Maxwell

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67
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Radio waves

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Heinrich Hertz

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68
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Discovery of X-rays

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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69
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First mercury thermometer

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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

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70
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Negative and positive charges

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Benjamin Franklin

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71
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Chemistry as science, combustion experiments

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Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

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72
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Oxygen combustion produces water

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Henry Cavendish

73
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Atomic Theory

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John Dalton

74
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Electron

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Joseph John Thomson

75
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Organic chemistry

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Augustine Laurent and Charles Gerhardt

76
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He is known as the “Father of Artificial Organs, he invented the first artificial heart and kidney using orange-juice cans, used auto parts, and sausage casings. He was noted for saying “If a man can grow a heart, he can build one.”

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Dr. Wilhelm J. Kolff

77
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The belief that all objects, places, and creatures have distinctive spiritual qualities.

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Animism

78
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This spirit/diety controls the rain, and they are believed to be the creator of the world and of human beings.

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Diwata

79
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An infinitely high canopy

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Langit

80
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Who named Diwata to minor spirits?

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The Batak of the island of Palawan

81
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One of the precolonial writing systems used by early Filipinos. The term comes from the tagalog root word that means “to spell.”

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Baybayin

82
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A geographically self-sufficient, autonomous communities

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Barangays

83
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Patan-aw

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“look at me” (earrings)

84
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Is the material the bees used to construct the walls of their hives, and this material was historically used in creating statues, bronze preservation, and even treating burns and wounds.

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Beeswax

85
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A portable swivel gun

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Lantaka

86
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A refined warship or sailing vessels that were equipped with platforms for transporting warriors and for fighting at sea.

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Karakoa o Caracoa

87
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It was cultivated in diked fields

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Lowland rice

88
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2 groups of Filipinos based on their settlement

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Coastal areas and mountain settlements

89
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Middle class Filipinos who were able to study in spain.

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Illustrados

90
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This strategy grouped for-flung scattered baranggays into fewer but larger and more compact towns within the hearing area of church bells.

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Reduccion System

91
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Lowest level of government. This follows the decree of King Philip II of spain, their honors and privileges for their conversion and subjection to Spanish crown

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Cabeza de Baranggay

92
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Head of the town

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Gobernadorcillo

93
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The galeons brought Chinese goods to Latin America, then brought back Mexican silver to Manila.

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Galeon Trade

94
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This was introduced by the Americans - All Filipino children were given right to education despite economic and social status. This was a project of the Department of Public Instruction that aimed to provide free primary education to Filipinos but utilized English as the primary mode of instruction.

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Secularized Public Education

95
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A group of American teachers who arrived in the Philippines to establish a new public school system, to teach basic education, and to train Filipino teachers, with English as the medium of instruction.

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Thomasites

96
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was established by the Americans and became the training ground for Filipino teachers. It is now the Philippine Normal University.

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The Philippine Normal School

97
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recognized the increasing number of private schools as educational and not commercial institutions.

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The Private School Act

98
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an independent cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning. It is the governing body that sets major development policy directions for the country

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National Economic Council or the now National Economic and Development Authority

99
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a Philippine government-owned and controlled corporation that is mandated to provide electricity to all rural areas of the Philippines by 2025 (known as “missionary electrification”), and to manage water resources for power generation, and to optimize the use of other power generating assets.

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National Power Corporation

100
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On _____________, the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines. Since then, the support for research and development through education continued.

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July 4, 1946

101
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The people had been advised by their Babaylan (healer) to stay out of the river between __________ and _______ in the afternoon.

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Twelve noon and 2 in the afternoon

102
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Padayon

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Move forward

103
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Alpas

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To break free

104
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What type of economy does “barangays” have?

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Subsistence economy

105
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Dragonfly “tutubi”

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Necklace

106
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The oldest existing university in Asia.

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University of Santo Tomas (UST)

107
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A part, city, or other center to which goods are brought for import and export, and collection and distribution.

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Entrepot of the Orient

108
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Cell

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Robert Hooke

109
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Microorganisms

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

110
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Binomial nomenclature of classifying species

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Carolus Linnaeus

111
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First itchthyosaur fossil

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Mary Anning

112
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Barangays are based on _________ rather than politics.

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Kinship

113
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Coins used during pre-colonial period in the Philippines

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Piloncitos

114
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This is used for hunting animals. It has a detachable barked metal point and a long shaft that is usually made of moa.

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Hawel or Tambay, Sawil

115
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Filipino blacksmith

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Panday

116
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This was originally located at Taft Avenue and was the only publicly-supported higher education institution during the American period.

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University of the Philippines

117
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The country remained an exporter to U.S of various agricultural crops and raw materials and an importer of U.S manufactured products which was virtually cost-free.

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Free Trade Relations

118
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All Filipinos were given the right to education despite economic and social status. This was a project of the ________ that aimed to provide free primary education to Filipinos but utilized English as the primary mode of instruction.

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Department of Public Instruction

119
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An agency of the Philippine Department of Agriculture responsible for promoting the accelerated growth and development of the fiber industry in the Philippines, such as abaca, also known as Manila hemp and cotton.

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Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority

120
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Its role is to supervise the academic institutions under the basic education and to create policies for the welfare of Filipino students in basic education.

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Department of Education (DepEd)

121
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It was established in response to increasing demands for S&T intervention in the national development.

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Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

122
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Theory of evolution

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Charles Darwin

123
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Cell’s nucleus

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Robert Brown

124
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Theory of relativity

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Albert Einstein

125
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Proton

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Ernest Rutherford

126
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First walk in the moon

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

127
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Continental Drift Theory

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Alfred Wegener

128
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It allowed billions of bits of information to be received every minute.

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Fiber optic

129
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The internet

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Vinton cerf and Robert Kahn

130
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World Wide Web

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee

131
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Electronic Mail

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V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai

132
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An avenue in which messages are passed/exchanged between people at faster rate.

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Electronic Mail

133
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Youtube

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Chad Hurley and Steve Chen

134
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Largest on-line destination and third most visited website.

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YouTube

135
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Google

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Larry Page and Sergey Brin

136
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Instagram

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Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger

137
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Ambisyon Natin 2040

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Matatag, Magingawa, at Panatag na Buhay

138
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DOST-NCRP

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National Research Council of the Philippines

139
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DOST-PCIEERD

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Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development

140
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DOST-PHIVOLCS

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Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

141
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DOST-PCAARRD

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Philippine Council for Agriculture, Awuatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development

142
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DOST-PAGASA

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Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

143
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NIBRA

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National Integrated Basic Research Agenda

144
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NUHRA

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National Unified Health Research Agenda

145
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AANR

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Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources

146
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This policy aims to provide a framework and support system for the ownership, management, use and commercialization of intellectual property resulting from research and development funded by the government.

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Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009

147
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This policy focuses on the integration, coordination, and intensification of scientific and technological research and development and fostering inventions, to provide funds and for other purposes.

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Science Act of 1958

148
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This program aims to promote information exchange and accelerate the flow of new technology into the country through strengthening the scientific and technological manpower of the academe and public and private institutions. The program’s objective is to encourage Filipino scientists and technologists to return and reside in the Philippines and share their expertise for the development of the country.

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The Balik Scientist Program (BSP)

149
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This agency has funded a program that has produced the irradiated carrageenan fertilizer. Researchers in the Philippines have found that an extract of seaweed, when processed with radiation, can make plants more resistant to typhoons and boost rice production by 20–30%.

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PCAARRD

150
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This project was designed to harness technologies and management services for disaster risk reduction activities

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Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards)

151
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This is the method and practice of teaching. It is the art of teaching which includes the combination of teaching methods, learning activities , and learning assessments.

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Pedagogy

152
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It was created as separate entity from the former under R.A 7722 to oversee the system of higher education in the country and to formulate policies, plans and programs for the development of public and private higher education.

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Commission on Higher Education

153
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This is a specialized public high school in the country which operates as an attached agency of the DOST. Science curriculum is designed to have more advanced science and mathematics subjects.

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The Philippine Science High School System

154
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In this education level, the fundamental concepts or theories developed by previous scientists are being applied. Students integrate these concepts and conduct their own research.

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Tertiary Education

155
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It is a product of indigenous knowledge perfected by people through life experiences.

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Indigenous Science

156
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These are processes or products resulting from studying indigenous science. It is designed and fabricated based on the culture, tradition and needs of people and which is adopted for use in the environment of those people.

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Indigenous Technology

157
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Indigenous means

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Ancestral

158
Q

This is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks and a stringlooped around the axle. It is played by holding the handle (string) by inserting one finger into a knot at its free end.

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Yoyo - Pedro Flores

159
Q

This is a device that provides sufficient warmth to the body to maintain a desired temperature, especially used for newborn children. In a bid to help families in rural communities without electricity, Dr. Fe del Mundo invented a bamboo incubator in 1941.

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Medical Incubator - Dr. Fe del Mundo

160
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He isolated a strain of bacteria which lead to the development of ________________, a broad-spectrum antibiotic used to treat and prevent a wide range of infections.

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Abelardo Aguilar - Erythromycin

161
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She was the woman behind the discovery of _____ or fish sauce - a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years.

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Ruperta David - Patis

162
Q

She created a banana sauce with mashed bananas, vinegars, and spices. The brownishyellow color was not very appetizing, so a little red dye was added, turning it to what is today known as banana ketchup. She also made calamansi nip and Soyalac and Darak which helped many war prisoners survive.

A

Maria Orosa y Ylagan

163
Q

An awarded Filipino inventor created “DeBCC” cream, an anti-cancer cream developed from cashew nuts and other local herbs. It is used specifically for basal skin carcinoma (BSC), which is known as the most prevalent type of skin cancer worldwide.

A

Rolando dela Cruz

164
Q

He developed the first single-chip graphical user interface accelerator that made computers work a lot faster.

A

Diosdado Banatao

165
Q

Water security, Food and Nutrition Security, Health sufficiency, Clean energy, sustainable community, Inclusive nation building.

A

National Integrated Basic Research Agenda - NIBRA

166
Q

The research priorities for this agenda include diagnostics, drug discovery and development, functional foods, hospital equipment and biomedical devices, information and communication technology for health, nutrition, food quality and safety, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and molecular technologies for health

A

Health Research and Development Agenda

167
Q

The lead agency responsible for the preparation of Harmonized R&D Agenda.

A

DOST

168
Q

An agency composed of over four thousand researchers, scientist and experts who are tasked to promote and support basic researches in the country

A

National Research Council of the Philippines - NRCP

169
Q

An agency mandated as the national coordinating body for health researches in the country.

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Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD)

170
Q

The agency which aims to strengthen support in research and development, development of human resources and institution, diffusion of information and technology, and development of policies.

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Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development - PCIEERD

171
Q

The agency which evaluates and harmonizes the agenda for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. It is also responsible for relaying messages to people about the existence of danger and what can be done to prevent or minimize danger.

A

Philippine Volcanology and Seismology - PHIVOLCS

172
Q

It collaborates with PHIVOLCS in evaluating and finalizing the agenda for disaster risk reduction and climate change. This agency is also responsible for giving typhoon signals and tsunami alerts to earn people of the things to be done for their safety

A

Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration - PAGASA

173
Q

An agency which conducts a roundtable consultation with the representatives from other agencies doing R&D functions in agriculture, aquatic and natural resources

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Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development - PCAARRD

174
Q

The program of the government which aims to achieve higher level of competitiveness for the country’s economic progress and success.

A

The Balik Scientist Program

175
Q

Project created to enhance the efficiency of public mass transport systems.

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Electric Train Project

176
Q

18th and 19th century was divided into?

A

Physics
Chemistry
Biology

177
Q

The revival of classical learning and wisdom.

A

Renaissance

178
Q

It uses LIDAR system to effectively and accurately measure critical flood elevation and depth, it is considered one of the most extensive mapping systems in Southeast Asia developed by Filipino scientists.

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Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation Program or 3D mapping program

179
Q

May entail traditional and unscientific knowledge since it includes scientific beliefs and practices.

A

Indigenous Knowledge

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