STS _PRELIM

It refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as the organized body of knowledge gained through such research

• Science

• Society

• Technology

• STS

Where does the word technology come from?

• Latin words ‘techne’ and ‘logia’

• Greek words ‘techne’ and ‘logia’

• Spanish words ‘techne’ and ‘logia’

• German words ‘techne’ and ‘logia’

It involves the design or products, systems, and processes that affect the quality of life:

• Science

• Technology

• Society

• STS

It is the interdisciplinary study of the interaction of science and technology with society and culture:

• Science

• Technology

• Society

• STS

The invention of television in the late 1950s and early 1960s are important means of filling leisure time. This describes:

• science - society relation

• science - technology relation

• technology - society relation

• all of these

Anton van Leeuwenhoek developed the microscope and Robert Hooke successfully described the crystal structure of snowflakes. This describes:

• science - technology relation

• technology - society relation

• science - society relation

• all of these

Google makes searching for answers more convenient and faster than finding answers to library. Which of the following best describes this interaction?

• technology-society interaction

• science-technology interaction

• science-society interaction

• no interaction

1. Scientia means..

• Predict

• Explain

• Knowledge

• Understand

He improved the telescope and invented the thermometer

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

This is the period where the transformation of new machine processes arise

• 17th Century

• 18th Century

• 19th Century

• 2oth Century