STS Prelim Exam Questions and
Answers
General Concepts and Historical Events in Science, Technology, and Society - Answer-Chapter 1 Title
Intellectual Revolutions That Defined Society - Answer-Lesson 1 Title
Science - Answer-Since time immemorial ___________ has always been interwoven with the society.
Science - Answer-is as old as the world itself
- Trepanation
- The practice of raising fish in rice paddies
- Mummification in the Philippines - Answer-Examples of Scientific Revolutions
- Cappadocia, Turkey
- Trepanation - Answer-- The earliest example of brain surgery goes back 6,000 years to
__________________.
- making an opening like a small round hole in the head.
The practice of raising fish in rice paddies - Answer-- Thousand year old agricultural practice
,- China's solution to sustainable farming.
- is more than 1,000 years old, not only preserves the environment but also benefits local communities
Mummification - Answer-is a process of preserving a deceased human
method and the medium of preservation - Answer-Mummies are classified based on
__________________.
The ancient egyptians believed that when someone died, their soul left their body. The soul would then
return and be reunited with the body after it was buried. However, the soul needed to be able to find
and recognise the body in order to live forever. - Answer-Why did the ancient Eqyptians mummify their
dead?
It includes ideas, theories and all available systematic explanations and observations about the natural
and physical world. - Answer-Science as an IDEA
The study involves systematic observations and experimentations - Answer-Science as an INTELLECTUAL
ACTIVITY
It is a subject or a discipline or a field of study, it deals with the process of learning about the natural and
physical world . (school science) - Answer-Science as a BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
This explains that science is both knowledge and activities by humans to develop better understanding
of the world around them. - Answer-Science as a PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY
- Noble Ideas
- Philosophy - Answer-People developed ___________, later known as __________ to provide possible
explanation to certain phenomena.
, - religion
- rationalize - Answer-People used _____________ to _____________the origin of life.
Scientific Revolution
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Chemistry - Answer-Was the period of elightenment when developments in the fields of
_________________________ transformed the views of society about nature.
Europe - Answer-Scientific Revolution started in ________________.
Scientific Revolution - Answer-- Explains the emergence or BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE as a result of
these developments.
- 15th-17th Century
- Copernicus
- Vesalius
- Galileo
- Bacon
- Newton
- Linnaeus
- Diderot - Answer-Scientific Revolution (Age of Reason) People
Scientific Revolution - Answer-refers to historical changes in thought & belief, to changes in social &
institutional organization, that unfolded in Europe between 1550-1700.
Answers
General Concepts and Historical Events in Science, Technology, and Society - Answer-Chapter 1 Title
Intellectual Revolutions That Defined Society - Answer-Lesson 1 Title
Science - Answer-Since time immemorial ___________ has always been interwoven with the society.
Science - Answer-is as old as the world itself
- Trepanation
- The practice of raising fish in rice paddies
- Mummification in the Philippines - Answer-Examples of Scientific Revolutions
- Cappadocia, Turkey
- Trepanation - Answer-- The earliest example of brain surgery goes back 6,000 years to
__________________.
- making an opening like a small round hole in the head.
The practice of raising fish in rice paddies - Answer-- Thousand year old agricultural practice
,- China's solution to sustainable farming.
- is more than 1,000 years old, not only preserves the environment but also benefits local communities
Mummification - Answer-is a process of preserving a deceased human
method and the medium of preservation - Answer-Mummies are classified based on
__________________.
The ancient egyptians believed that when someone died, their soul left their body. The soul would then
return and be reunited with the body after it was buried. However, the soul needed to be able to find
and recognise the body in order to live forever. - Answer-Why did the ancient Eqyptians mummify their
dead?
It includes ideas, theories and all available systematic explanations and observations about the natural
and physical world. - Answer-Science as an IDEA
The study involves systematic observations and experimentations - Answer-Science as an INTELLECTUAL
ACTIVITY
It is a subject or a discipline or a field of study, it deals with the process of learning about the natural and
physical world . (school science) - Answer-Science as a BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
This explains that science is both knowledge and activities by humans to develop better understanding
of the world around them. - Answer-Science as a PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY
- Noble Ideas
- Philosophy - Answer-People developed ___________, later known as __________ to provide possible
explanation to certain phenomena.
, - religion
- rationalize - Answer-People used _____________ to _____________the origin of life.
Scientific Revolution
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Chemistry - Answer-Was the period of elightenment when developments in the fields of
_________________________ transformed the views of society about nature.
Europe - Answer-Scientific Revolution started in ________________.
Scientific Revolution - Answer-- Explains the emergence or BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE as a result of
these developments.
- 15th-17th Century
- Copernicus
- Vesalius
- Galileo
- Bacon
- Newton
- Linnaeus
- Diderot - Answer-Scientific Revolution (Age of Reason) People
Scientific Revolution - Answer-refers to historical changes in thought & belief, to changes in social &
institutional organization, that unfolded in Europe between 1550-1700.
