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Quiz por Livia Cerna, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Livia Cerna
mais de 4 anos atrás
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Questão 1
Questão
Who was the first known Greek philosopher?
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Aristotle
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Plato
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Thales of Miletus
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Hippocrates
Questão 2
Questão
Why was Aglaonike considered a sorceress?
Responda
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She could predict when an eclipse would occur
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She would mysteriously heal people
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She would try to put curses onto people
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She had a desire to study science
Questão 3
Questão
Who developed the theory of gravity?
Responda
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Aristotle
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Plato
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Marie Curie
Questão 4
Questão
Who was the first person to win two Nobel prizes in two different categories?
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Marie Curie
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Albert Einstein
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Antoine Lavoisier
Questão 5
Questão
Which new technologies have led to major ethical debates in modern societies?
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Aerospace
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Digital communications
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Agricultural production
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Transportation
Questão 6
Questão
Which of these is NOT a common part of industrialization?
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Urbanization
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A revitalization of traditional values
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Greater access to education
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Increased gender equality
Questão 7
Questão
New scientific discoveries since the 1990s that have prompted major ethical debates are largely from what field?
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Biology
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Chemistry
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Physics
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Quantum physics
Questão 8
Questão
The first major shift between traditional ethics and science-based ethics occurred around what event?
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The invention of social media
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Industrialization
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The first moon landing
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The Cold War
Questão 9
Questão
Why can popularizing scientific ideas be a problem sometimes?
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Because the public aren't scientifically literate enough to understand.
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Because those ideas might be based on faulty data or turn out to be wrong.
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It isn't ever a problem.
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None of the other answers are correct.
Questão 10
Questão
What is the main goal of the mass media in reporting science?
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To inform the public of new scientific discoveries and breakthroughs
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To make money for their shareholders
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To get people excited about science
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None of the other answers are correct
Questão 11
Questão
Which of the following is NOT a reason the 1998 paper linking vaccines to autism was debunked?
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The author faked the data
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The author had multiple ethical breaches
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The author had conflicts of interest
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The author was not a scientist
Questão 12
Questão
Which of the following is NOT a complaint scientists sometimes have about the media?
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Sensationalism
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Lack of nuance
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Misquoting the level of certainty scientists have about their data
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Failing to spread the word
Questão 13
Questão
Which of the following is NOT a key principle of science?
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The world makes consistent sense and can be understood.
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Objectivity is hard for humans, so we need scientific processes to help.
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Nothing is 100% certain, only very likely based on the data.
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Some things are just not explainable.
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