STS Quiz 1

Science comes from the Latin word, scientia, meaning “________”

• Science

• Knowledge

• Process

• Wisdom

A systematic and methodical activity of building and organizing knowledge about how the universe behaves through observation, experimentation or both.

• Science

• Technology

• Society

The application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to produce services, materials, tools, and machines aimed at solving real-world problems.

• Science

• Technology

• Society

Heilborn considered science as a discovery of regularity in nature, enough for natural phenomena to be described by principles and laws.

• True
• False

Technology comes from the Greek root word techne, meaning ‘art, skill, or cunning of hand’.

• Science

• Scientific Process

• art, skill, or cunning of hand

• Practice of knowledge

“What defines a technological tool one historical definition – is something that takes a human’s sense or ability and augments it and makes it more powerful. So, for example, I wear contact lenses or glasses; that is a technology that enhances my human ability of vision and makes it better” - Mark Zuckerberg

• True
• False

Reliable scientific knowledge has moral or ethical value.

• True
• False

Science is not the same as technology.

• True
• False

Nowadays, advancements in science and technology have become pervasive.

• True
• False

The introduction of machines tremendously cut the need for the human workforce and gave rise to questions about whether machines will eventually replace humans.

• True
• False