STS Preliminary Exam Reviewer UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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STS Preliminary Exam Reviewer
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Intellectual Revolutions that defined society - CORRECT ANSWER- Title of lesson 1
invention of printing press
intellectual activities
number of scholars - CORRECT ANSWER- Why did the scientific revolution begin in
Eur...
STS Preliminary Exam Reviewer
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Intellectual Revolutions that defined society - CORRECT ANSWER- Title of lesson 1
invention of printing press
intellectual activities
number of scholars - CORRECT ANSWER- Why did the scientific revolution begin in
Europe
humans
society
science ideas - CORRECT ANSWER- Influences to scientific revolution
desire to know and discover - CORRECT ANSWER- What drives the love for science of
scientists
creativity
curiosity
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER- What drives scientists to explore the physical and
natural world
thought experiment - CORRECT ANSWER- Experiments without formal, or scientific
testing or proving
Epitome - CORRECT ANSWER- The neame of the book which inspired Copernicus to study
astronomy
Johannes Muller - CORRECT ANSWER- He wrote the book which inspired Copernicus to
take astronomy
, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres - CORRECT ANSWER- Book by Nicholas
Copernicus explaining his heliocentric theory which states that the Earth Orbits the Sun and
was considered very controversial because it went against the bible
position of stars - CORRECT ANSWER- the greatest problem of the Copernican model
Shrewsbury School - CORRECT ANSWER- The school where Darwin developed an interest
for natural history
Galapagos Islands - CORRECT ANSWER- What was the main island that Darwin observed?
1859 - CORRECT ANSWER- The year that Darwin published his book
The Descent of Man - CORRECT ANSWER- a book written by Charles Darwin in which he
applies evolutionary theory to human evolution
evolutionary biology
philosophy of science - CORRECT ANSWER- The two fields wherein Darwin contributed
significantly
Chichen Itza pyramid - CORRECT ANSWER- An example of a temple for astronomical
observations by the Mayans
mica - CORRECT ANSWER- The mineral from which a rainbow of glittery paints were
made by the Mayan
Chinampa - CORRECT ANSWER- A form of aztec technology for agricultural farming in
which the land was divided into rectangular areas surrounded by canals
iron steel - CORRECT ANSWER- the contribution of India which the Roman empire held
with high regard
India - CORRECT ANSWER- They were known for manufacturing iron and metallurgy
works
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