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STS Quiz1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who believed that the Earth revolves around the Sun?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Empedocles

c)

Tycho Brahe

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

2.

Which Greek philosopher accepted the theory of the four elements?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Galileo

d)

Johannes Kepler

3.

Who discovered the four moons of Jupiter and supported the Copernican Theory?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Eratosthenes

d)

Galileo

4.

Who made accurate observations of the positions of stars and did not accept the Copernican theory?

a)

Tycho Brahe

b)

Galileo

c)

Eratosthenes

d)

Aristotle

5.

Which scientist showed that planets orbit the Sun in ellipses and move faster as they approach the Sun?

a)

Galileo

b)

Aristotle

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Eratosthenes

6.

Who believed that the Sun, Moon, and planets are made of a fifth element called aether?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Empedocles

c)

Tycho Brahe

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

7.

Who calculated the circumference of the Earth?

a)

Eratosthenes

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Aristotle

d)

Galileo

8.

Who discovered a new star (a nova) in 1572?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Galileo

d)

Tycho Brahe

9.

Who disproved Aristotle's belief on gravity and supported the Copernican Theory?

a)

Johannes Kepler

b)

Galileo

c)

Eratosthenes

d)

Aristotle

10.

Who was a resolute supporter of the Copernican theory and published a book called 'Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Galileo

d)

Johannes Kepler

11.

The following are the events that led Hooke to discover the cell, except;

a)

Microscopy

b)

Cork

c)

The term "cell"

d)

Pea plant

12.

Which among the laws of motion by Newton states that an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an external force?

a)

Law of inertia

b)

Law of Acceleration

c)

Law of Interaction

d)

Law of external force

13.

What best describes Boyle's law?

a)

The higher the temperature, the higher the volume.

b)

The higher the pressure, the higher the volume.

c)

The higher the pressure, the lower the volume.

d)

The pressure and the volume remain constant.

14.

How did Dalton described atom?

a)

Small and indivisible

b)

Indivisible and indestructible

c)

Divisible and small

d)

Indestructible, yet divisible

15.

What do you call the study of chemical reactions and such during the ancient times?

a)

alchemy

b)

chemistry

c)

physics

d)

avatation

16.

In Mendel's law of heredity, how many percent is the chance of having a tall child having a father with a heterogenous tall(Tt) trait and a mother with a homogenous short(tt) trait?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

100%

17.

Who discovered neutron?

a)

Rutherford

b)

Chadwick

c)

Newton

d)

Gell-man

18.

Fleming discovered the penicillin through ____________.

a)

serendipity

b)

serenity

c)

serenade

d)

discovery

19.

What refers to the first writing system of the Sumerian civilization in the field of science and technology?

a)

Baybayin

b)

Alibata

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Calligraphy

20.

How do people during the ancient civilizations were able to invent/discover things that led to the existence of science and technology?

a)

due to their needs

b)

to catch up with the changes

c)

they got bored

d)

since they were formally educated