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Early Spanish chronicles also noted that early Filipinos build a refind plan-built warship called ________.

  • Papyrus
  • Caracoa (correct)
  • Tlachtli
  • Dresden Codex

He is considered the Father of Psychoanalysis Theory.

  • Albert Einstein
  • Nicolas Copernicus
  • Sigmund Freud (correct)
  • Isaac Newton

He accumulated evidence demonstrating the organisms evolve and discovered the process, natural selection, by which they evolve,

  • Nicolas Capernicus
  • Nicholas Capernicus
  • Nicholas Copernicus
  • Nicolas Copernicus (correct)

This century was the beginning pf the cultural movement of the Renaissance, which was considered by many as THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE.

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The period where paradigm shifts occurred and where scientific beliefs that have been widely embraced and accepted by the people wee challenged and opposed.

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Defined as an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way.

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Nicolas Copernicus was a polish scholar working at the University of Padua in Northern _____.

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What book contains of solar eclipses for centuries and a table of predicted positions of venus?

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An Italian Astronomer who invented the telescope.

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When was the publication of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin happened?

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What is the longest river?

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They knew how to make paper and had pictorial script called _____________.

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An ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia.

<p>Babylon (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates.

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Method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. May serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial.

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Is a region in Asia where an ancient civilization flourished for over 2,000 years.

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What is the meaning of DNA?

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He is a Filipino scientist, inventor and horticulturist who is known for his successful experiment on the inducement of flowering of mango trees by spraying them with ethrel and potassium nitrate.

<p>Ramon C. Barba (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Filipino scientist whose biological contributions to the environment and ecosystems have made him a hero for natural sciences.

<p>Angel Alcala (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

She is known as the Mother of Philippine Pediatrics; the first Asian woman admitted into Harvard,

<p>Fe V. del Mundo (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Advances in modern Filipino food technology owe a great deal to the creative researches and salutary inventiveness of a woman chemist and pharmacist from Batangas.

<p>Maria Y. Orosa (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

A powdered preparation of soya-­ beans, which helped save the lives of thousands of Filipinos, Americans, and other nationals who ever held prisoners in different Japanese concentration camps during World War II. It became known to them as the “magic food.”

<p>Soyalac (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did Orosa became the acting division head?

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During this period, the Constitution actually acknowledged the importance of science and technology.

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The author of The Origin of Species that ushered in a new era in the intellectual history of humanity.

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What year was the book of Nicolas Copernicus, Concerning the Revolutions of the Celestial Worlds, published in?

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A game played by Meso-­American civilizations from earliest times.

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What can distinguish between AI and a Human

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Is the sum total of our interactions as humans, including the interactions that we engage in to understand the nature of things and to create things.

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This period is traditionally understood to have begun during the reign of the ___________.

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Four Great Inventions in Ancient China are ...

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Coined the term Scientific Renaissance to designate the early phase of the Scientific Revolution.

<p>Marie Boas Hall (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Usually called the inventor of Block Printing

<p>Johannes Gutenberg (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Formulation of the theory of relativity is by _____

<p>Albert Einstein (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Has enabled us to understand the basic components of matter and we are well on the way to an ever more consistent and unitary understanding of the entire structure of natural reality.

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Flashcards

Caracoa

A type of Filipino warship, built by early Filipinos.

Father of Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud, a major figure in the development of psychoanalysis.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms evolve, discovered by Darwin.

Renaissance

A cultural movement considered the Golden Age of Science, starting in the 14th century.

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Intellectual Period

A time when existing scientific beliefs were challenged.

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Paradigm Shift

A major change in thinking or doing something.

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Copernicus's Location

Copernicus worked at the University of Padua in Northern Italy.

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Dresden Codex

A book containing astronomical observations, including solar eclipses and Venus positions.

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Galileo Galilei

An Italian astronomer who invented the telescope.

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Origin of Species Publication

Charles Darwin's book was published in 1859.

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Nile River

The longest river in the world.

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Maya Hieroglyphs

A pictorial script used by the Maya civilization.

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Babylon

An ancient Mesopotamian city.

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Tigris River

One of the two major rivers defining Mesopotamia.

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Cremation

A method of disposing of a dead body by burning.

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Indus Valley Civilization

A major ancient civilization in Asia.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid, the molecule that carries genetic information.

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Ramon C. Barba

A Filipino scientist known for mango flowering experiments.

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Angel Alcala

A Filipino scientist focusing on environmental and ecosystem biology.

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Fe V. del Mundo

Pioneering Filipino pediatrician and Harvard alumna.

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Maria Y. Orosa

Filipino chemist and pharmacist influential in food technology.

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Soyalac

Soy-bean powder that helped prisoners during WWII.

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Orosa's Acting Division Head

June 3, 1927 was the date Orosa became acting division head.

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Commonwealth Period

A time when the Constitution recognized science and technology.

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Charles Darwin

Author of "The Origin of Species", impacting intellectual history.

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Copernicus's Book Publication

"Concerning the Revolutions of the Celestial Worlds" was published in 1543.

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Tlachtli

A Mesoamerican game played for centuries.

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Distinguishing AI from Human

Emotions are a key distinction between human and AI interactions.

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Society

Interactions among humans to understand the world and create things.

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