Default for GST105 The default category for questions shared in context 'GST105'. Fill in the Blank (FBQs) FBQ1 A grouping of subjects like Chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, is used to define science as a_______ *Body of knowledge* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ2 While empirical science makes use of the scientific method, formal science does not. TRUE OR FALSE. *FALSE* 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ3 Mathematics is an example of _____ science *Formal* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ4 “M” stands for _______ in BODMAS *Multiplication* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ5 Empirical science employs such instruments as microscope, ruler, tape and scale. TRUE OR FALSE *True* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ6 ___ is the name given to an explanation about the cause or causes of a broad range of related phenomena *Theory* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ7 _____ is the general name given to such belief as held by the ancient Egyptian that rats originated from garbage *Spontaneous generation* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ8 ________ is regarded as the science of inheritance *Genetics* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ9 Laws of nature exists simply because natural phenomena are_____________ in character *Uniform* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ10 The force which the earth possesses which draws objects towards it is regarded as ______force *Gravitational* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ11 The discipline we today call science was once part of another discipline from which it separated. _______ is the name of that discipline *Philosophy* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ12 The three religious centres of ancient Egypt were administered by_____________ *Priest-scholars* 1.0000000 *Priest – scholars* 1.0000000 FBQ13 Egyptian study of heavens, the stars and weather led to the emergence of ____ as a discipline *Astronomy* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ14 _______ is the name of the Egyptian Black founder of medicine *Imhotep* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ15 Democritus believed that everything is achieved by combination of______________ *Atoms* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ16 _______ is regarded as the first woman philosopher *Hypathia* 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ17 The Babylonian unit of length was_______________ *Finger* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ18 The Homo habilis evolved into the ______ *Homo erectus* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ19 Love of wisdom is said to be the etymological meaning of_____________ *Philosophy* 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ20 In scientific method hypothesis is tested during ___________________ *Experimentation* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ21 The Latin word for knowledge is __________ *Scientia* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ22 Subtraction, addiction, multiplication, etc are rules of _________________ *Mathematics* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ23 The doctrine that each species of living things was created by God is called______________ *Creationism* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ24 The explanation that individuals with superior physical or behavioural attributes might have an edge in survival battle is known as_________________ *Natural selection* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ25 Induction is rested on a scientific law known as the_____________ *Law of uniformity of nature* 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ26 The force which pulls every object in the universe toward every other object in the universe is called__________________ *Gravitation* 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ27 _______________ is the name which the ancient Greeks gave the Egyptian greatest physician of the ancient time *God of medicine* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ28 The Babylonian gods lived in____________ *Heaven* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ29 The type of writing invented by ancient Egyptians is called ________ *Hieroglyphics* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ30 ____________ is often referred as the father of western philosophy *Thales* 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ31 The Pythagorean theory is named after _________________ *Pythagoras* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ32 The atomic theory was invented by______________ *Leucipus* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ33 Aquinas regraded __________________as the source of all knowledge *God* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ34 Einstein held that the only absolute unchanging quantity in the universe was _________ *Speed of light* 1.0000000 0.0000000 FBQ35 The only single surviving species of hominids is the____________________ *Homo sapiens* 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) MCQ1 Which of the following is not a definition of science? A body of knowledge 0.0000000 A method for acquiring knowledge 0.0000000 An institution 0.0000000 Productive industries 1.0000000 MCQ 2 Which of the following is not a branch of mathematics? Geometry 0.0000000 Algebra 0.0000000 Statistics 1.0000000 Arithmetic 0.0000000 MCQ 3 Why do you call the branch of science that is concerned with rules? Formal science 1.0000000 Empirical science 0.0000000 Observational science 0.0000000 Abstract science 0.0000000 MCQ 4 My guess that the antiretroviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV patients can also be deployed successfully in the treatment of cancer is called what in the chain of scientific method? Observation 0.0000000 Hypothesis formulation 1.0000000 Theory Formulation 0.0000000 Conclusion 0.0000000 MCQ 5 Identify the object that is not a subject of empirical science. Owl 0.0000000 Weather 0.0000000 Nail 0.0000000 Witchraft 1.0000000 MCQ 6 What do scientists need to do to advance the course of science? Cooperate among themselves 1.0000000 Work privately in their labs 0.0000000 Isolate themselves in the mountains 0.0000000 Pray to God for breakthroughs 0.0000000 MCQ 7 The aims of science do not include one of the following. Identify the odd one Imbue scientists with political powers 1.0000000 Enable man to explain the world 0.0000000 Helps scientist to predict the behaviour of phenomenon 0.0000000 Assist scientist to control behaviour of phenomenon 0.0000000 MCQ 8 Which of these is not a characteristic of non-science? Measurability 1.0000000 Unverifiability 0.0000000 Subjectivity 0.0000000 Unquantifiability 0.0000000 MCQ 9 The fact that scientific claims can be verified by others adopting the same method is proof of what in science? Independent Variable 0.0000000 Coherency 0.0000000 Supremachy 0.0000000 Objectivity 1.0000000 MCQ 10 The scientific term given to assumed answer to scientific questions is called _________ Observation 0.0000000 Experimentation 0.0000000 Result 0.0000000 Hypothesis 1.0000000 MCQ 11 Experimentation is by far the hardest part of the scientific method because there are ___________________ Procedures to follow 0.0000000 No rules to follow 1.0000000 Limited rules to follow 0.0000000 Rigid procedures to follow 0.0000000 MCQ 12 Theories are not open to which of the following? Immediate acceptance 1.0000000 Revision 0.0000000 Tentative acceptance 0.0000000 Rejection 0.0000000 MCQ 13 What is the mark of a good theory? Its predictive value 1.0000000 Its classificatory function 0.0000000 Calculation 0.0000000 observation 0.0000000 MCQ 14 Theories cannot take the form of which of these? Equations 0.0000000 Statistical Formulation 0.0000000 Proverbs 1.0000000 Diagrams 0.0000000 MCQ 15 What is the character of a good theory? It must have a predictive value 1.0000000 It must be empirical in nature 0.0000000 It must be true always 0.0000000 It must never be disproved 0.0000000 MCQ 16 Which of these believed that each organism was fashioned by God? Theologians 1.0000000 Evolutionists 0.0000000 Spontanists 0.0000000 Calvinists 0.0000000 MCQ 17 On what Law does induction as a scientific method rest? Law of gravity 0.0000000 Law of uniformity of nature 1.0000000 Law of spontaneous generation 0.0000000 Law of evolution 0.0000000 MCQ 18 What happens to a stone when it is shot out of the earth? Its weight decreases 1.0000000 Its weight increases 0.0000000 Its speed increases 0.0000000 It changes colour 0.0000000 MCQ 19 The man who studied plants and animals during the ancient Egyptian era was likely to be regarded as a what? Animists 0.0000000 Agriculturalist 0.0000000 Philosopher 1.0000000 Farmer 0.0000000 MCQ 20 Which of these is not among the three religious centres of the ancient Egypt? Memphis 0.0000000 Heliopolis 0.0000000 Cairo 1.0000000 Thebes 0.0000000 MCQ 21 What is regarded as the origin of Greek Philosophy? Athenian philosophy 0.0000000 Italian philosophy 0.0000000 Western philosophy 0.0000000 Egyptian philosophy 1.0000000 MCQ 22 What did Thales regard as the source of all things? Water 1.0000000 Fire 0.0000000 Sand 0.0000000 Stones 0.0000000 MCQ 23 Which of these is not among the questions that interest philosophy of science? What is science? 0.0000000 What are the aims of science? 0.0000000 Who is the most prominent scientist alive? 1.0000000 How does science differ from other forms of knowledge 0.0000000 MCQ 24 From who did the Islamic scholars borrow the idea of Zero? English Monks 0.0000000 Hindu Mathematicians 1.0000000 Ancient Phoenicians 0.0000000 Imperial Romans 0.0000000 MCQ 25 Which of these is not among the shared characteristics between philosophy and science? They are both critical 0.0000000 They are both transcendental 1.0000000 They both show curiosity to know 0.0000000 They both search for systematic knowledge 0.0000000 MCQ 26 The traditional explanation of reality does not involve which of these? Superstition 0.0000000 Meditation 0.0000000 Speculation 0.0000000 Causality 1.0000000 MCQ 27 Who first propounded the theory of universal gravitation? Benjamin Isaac 0.0000000 William Ocham 0.0000000 Galileo Galilee 0.0000000 Isaac Newton 1.0000000 MCQ 28 Which of these is not among the great groups of organisms? Insects 1.0000000 Mammals 0.0000000 Fishes 0.0000000 Reptiles 0.0000000 MCQ 29 Which of these is the naturalist who independently arrived at theory of evolution at the same time with Darwin? T. M. Beagle 0.0000000 Thomas Malthus 0.0000000 Alfred Wallace 1.0000000 Bertrand Russell 0.0000000 MCQ 30 Which of the following is not a rule of Mathematics? Subtraction 0.0000000 Addition 0.0000000 Multiplication 0.0000000 Triangulation 1.0000000 MCQ 31 _______________branch of science studies objects and phenomena which can be observed through any of the senses Ontological science 0.0000000 Epistemological science 0.0000000 Empirical science 1.0000000 Intuitive science 0.0000000 MCQ 32 The religious centres of Kingdom of Egypt were administered by who? Philosophers 0.0000000 Priest-scholars 1.0000000 Monks 0.0000000 scientists 0.0000000 MCQ 33 In which country was the lunar calendar invented? China 0.0000000 Ghana 0.0000000 Egypt 1.0000000 Britain 0.0000000 MCQ 34 Who pioneered the division of day into hour? Africans 0.0000000 Babylonians 1.0000000 Americans 0.0000000 Greece 0.0000000 MCQ 35 To whom do we attribute the critical tradition of medicine? Thales 0.0000000 Anaximander 1.0000000 Euclid 0.0000000 Pythagoras 0.0000000