STS PRELIM EXAMINATION

 

It includes ideas, theories, and all available systematic explanations and observations about the natural and physical world.

• Science as an idea

• Science as an idea

• Science as an intellectual activity

• Science as a personal and social activity

It encompasses a systematic and practical study of the natural and physical world. This process of study involves systematic observation and experimentation.

• Science as an intellectual activity

• Science as a personal and social activity.

• Science as a body of knowledge.

• Science as an idea.

It is a subject or a discipline, a field of study, or a body of knowledge that deals with the process of learning about the natural and physical world. This is what we refer to as school science.

• Science as a body of knowledge.

• Science as an idea.

• Science as an intellectual activity.

• Science as a personal and social activity.

This explains that science is both knowledge and activities done by human beings to develop better understanding of the world around them. It means to improve life and to survive in life. It is interwoven with people’s lives.

• Science as a personal and social activity.

• Science as an intellectual activity.

• Science as a body of knowledge.

• Science as an idea.

In his book, he wanted a model of the universe in which everything moved around a single center at unvarying rates (Gribbin, 2003).Copernicus placed the Sun to be the centerpiece of the universe.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Sigmund Freud

• Charles Darwin

• Aristotle

He is famous for his theory of evolution. He changed our concept of the world’s creation and its evolution. Darwin published his book The Origin of Species in 1589.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Sigmund Freud

• Charles Darwin

• Aristotle

is a famous figure in the field of psychology. However apart from these, Freud also made a significant contribution in the scientific world through the development of important observational method to gather reliable data to study human inner life.

• Sigmund Freud

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Charles Darwin

• Aristotle

_______ are use for astronomical observation for example, the Pyramid in Chichen Itza in Mexico is situated at the location of the sun during the spring and fall equinoxes

• Temples

• Looms

• Astrological Cycles

• Hydraulic Systems

Mayans built this with sophisticated waterways to supply water to different communities

• Hydraulic Systems

• Temples

• Looms

• Astrological Cycles

This civilization in the Meso America have calendar with 12 months to mark their religious festivals and prepare them for planting season

• Roman

• Inca

• Aztec

• Mayan