GST 105T TMA SOLUTIONS

GST105 Question and Answer 

Q1 There are ___ chromosones within the nucleus of a productive cell
 
 
 
 
Q2 All living beings are said to compose of ___
 
 
 
 

Q3 ___ distinguishes him from other living things
 
 
 
 

Q4 The first known hominids were the ___
 
 
 
 

Q5 The use of language first evolved among ___
 
 
 
 

Q6 The evolutionists believe that man evolved directly from ___
 
 
 
 

Q7 Current evolutionists put forward the belief that man and primates originated from ____
 
 
 
 

Q8 Scientists who try to prove the theory of evolution rely heavily on ___
 
 
 
 

Q9 The belief that God created the universe is called ___
 
 
 
 

Q10 ___ type of logic is also regarded as Baconian logic
 
 
 
 

Q11 Branches of philosophy do not include ___
 
 
 
 

Q12 The beleief in a existence of external reality independent of our belief or knowledge of it is called ___
 
 
 
 

Q13 Whch of these is not a characteristic of scientific knowledge?
 
 
 
 

Q14 ___ is not among the similarities between science and philosophy
 
 
 
 

Q15 Which of these is not among the commitment of British Society for Social Responsibility in Science?
 
 
 
 

Q16 Scientists and Engineers for Social and Political Action was formed in __
 
 
 
 

Q17 Technological progress is not responsible for ___
 
 
 
 

Q18 We owe the discovery of electricity to ___
 
 
 
 

Q19 ___ is not method of technology acquisition
 
 
 
 

Q20 The discovery of ___ is the most important discovery of stone age
 
 
 
 

Q21 Man's technical progress is governed by __ and ___
 
 
 
 

Q22 ___ drives scientific inventions
 
 
 
 

Q23 The advantage of email over regular mail is ___
 
 
 
 

Q24 ___ was the first person to fly into the space
 
 
 
 

Q25 The aeroplane is an example of invention of the __ century
 
 
 
 

Q26 Genetic engineering emerged in the ___
 
 
 
 

Q27 The basic unit of heredity is called ___
 
 
 
 

Q28 The first man to walk on the moon with his partner was ___
 
 
 
 

Q29 ___ was the number of scientists able to understand the relativity theory of Albert Einstein
 
 
 
 

Q30 Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the ___
 
 
 
 

Q31 ___ confirmed that atoms and molecules were the building blocs of matter
 
 
 
 

Q32 We credit the invention of telescope to ___
 
 
 
 

Q33 The idea that the sun is the centre of the universe was first held by ___
 
 
 
 

Q34 The author of "Al Magest" is ___
 
 
 
 

Q35 Leonardo da Vinci held that true knowledge must begin with ___
 
 
 
 

Q36 Renaissance means___
 
 
 
 

Q37 The ___ were responsible for te development of primitive alchemy into modern Chemistry
 
 
 
 

Q38 The dark age of history was marked by ____
 
 
 
 

Q39 The fixing of leap year to any year whose number is exactly divisible by four is attributed to ___
 
 
 
 

Q40 Greek science was more __ and ___
 
 
 
 

Q41 __ is regarded as the most accomplished of Plato's pupils
 
 
 
 

Q42 __ formulated the idea of negative numbers
 
 
 
 

Q43 The practice of definition in scientific discourse is owed to ___
 
 
 
 

Q44 According to Democritus, separation of atoms leads to __
 
 
 
 

Q45 ___ first advanced the principle of change as a universal law
 
 
 
 

Q46 __ believed that the universe is composed of numbers
 
 
 
 

Q47 Thales regrded __ as the source of all things
 
 
 
 

Q48 The world's first woman philosopher is ___
 
 
 
 

Q49 God of medicine is the name given by the Greeks to ___
 
 
 
 

Q50 Ptah-Hotep is reputed the world's first ___
 
 
 
 

Q51 The Egyptians and the Babylonians regrded all knowledge as __
 
 
 
 

Q52 The Babylonians divided the circle into___ degrees
 
 
 
 

Q53 The two great rivers of the ancient Babylonians were __ and __
 
 
 
 

Q54 In Babylonian system of measurement one cubit consisted of ___
 
 
 
 

Q55 The Babylonians engaged in astronomy in order to ___
 
 
 
 

Q56 The greatest physician of the ancient time is an Egyptian known as ___
 
 
 
 

Q57 Astronomy has its origin in ___
 
 
 
 

Q58 ___ is not among the religious centres of ancient kingdom of Egypt
 
 
 
 

Q59 Love of wisdom is etymological meaning of ___
 
 
 
 

Q60 Philos, the Greek word that is a component of the term philosophy means ___
 
 
 
 

Q61 Science is said to have its origin in the __ age
 
 
 
 

Q62 We trace the origin of science to __ and __
 
 
 
 

Q63 The theory of relativity was formulated by ___
 
 
 
 

Q64 The theory of universal gravitation was intended to explain the phenomenon of ___
 
 
 
 

Q65 ___ does not capture the character of scientific explanation of realities
 
 
 
 

Q66 The view that developments occur because of the purpose or design they serve is known as ___
 
 
 
 

Q67 Theories that have proved to be so universally valid or true, that is, they are true anywhere in the world and have such a high degree of probability, are called ___
 
 
 
 

Q68 The science that examines the chemical processes and substances that occur in living things is called __
 
 
 
 

Q69 The observation that any population tends to outgrow its resources and its members must compete for what is available was first made by ___
 
 
 
 

Q70 The ship whose expedition to America that Charles Darwin was a member is known as ___
 
 
 
 

Q71 An explanation about the cause or causes of a broad range of related phenomena is known as ___
 
 
 
 

Q72 The second step in scientific method is known as __
 
 
 
 

Q73 When observations are unexpected we regard it as ___
 
 
 
 

Q74 Scientific observation can be __ and ___
 
 
 
 

Q75 Characters of science does not include___
 
 
 
 

Q76 ___ is not anexample of empirical science
 
 
 
 

Q77 A branch of science whose contents, arguments and procedures obey certain rules is known as ___
 
 
 
 

Q78 ___ cannot be attributed to formal science
 
 
 
 

Q79 Science regarded as a body of knowledge does not include ___
 
 
 
 

Q80 The term, science, was derived from a Latin word, namely___
 
 
 
 

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