STS Sample Quiz

It is the study of how social, political and cultural values affect scientific research and technological innovations and how this in turn affects society, politics and culture.

• Science

• Technology

• Society

• Science, Technology, and Society

It is a group of people involved in persistent social interaction, or large social groups sharing the same geographical or social territory typically subject to political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

• Science

• Technology

• Society

• Science, Technology, and Society

It is the practical application of knowledge in an area or discipline. It is the sum of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation

• Science

• Technology

• Society

• Science, Technology, and Society

The knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths, or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method

• Science

• Technology

• Society

• Science, Technology, and Society

Which does not belong in the group

• Formal

• Applied

• Technical

• Pure/Natural

It studies how the whole universe or world behaves. It deals with the study of natural phenomena through observation, experimentation and use of the scientific method

• Pure/Natural

• Social

• Applied

• Formal

The basic process on how information is gathered in Science through the use of our physical senses.

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Experiments

A logical and plausible explanation of certain facts or observations and provides a basis for experimentation.

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Law

• Theory

These are systematic tests that are carried out to test the hypothesis.

• Theory

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Experiments

It refers to a well-established hypothesis. This is an explanation of the general principles of certain phenomena with considerable evidence or facts to support it. It is also known as a model.

• Hypothesis

• Experiments

• Law

• Theory