Semi Final Exam. in Science Technology and Society - 2ND Sem. 2024

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SEMI-FINAL EXAM. IN SCIENCE,

TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY Class
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
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Instructor name: Betty Velarde
1. The Media sells what the culture buys means information is shaped by cultural priorities.
a) TRUE b) FALSE
2. Truths of the Information Age
a) The latter word gets the perm. b) Media presence doesn't create the story.
c) Information must compete.
3. Father of Modern Computer Science
a) Charles Babbage b) Benedict Cumberbatch
c) Mark Zuckerberg d) Allan Turing
4. Tightly integrated computers that usually have no keyboards but rely on a touch screen for user input.
a) Personal Digital Assistants b) Desktops
c) Personal Computers d) Laptops
5. In which era is the use of printing press first introduced?
a) Pre-Gutenburg World b) Information Age
c) Post-Gutenburg World d) Gutenburg Revolution
6. What is the other term that is used to describe Information Age?
Ans.
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7. The television and telegram were introduced in this era.
a) Gutenburg Revolution b) Information Age
c) Post-Gutenburg World d) Pre-Gutenburg World
8. Information during this era were only spread by word of mouth and books were handwritten.
a) Information Age b) Post-Gutenburg World
c) Pre-Gutenburg World d) Gutenburg Revolution
9. Using a word or two, give one negative effect of social media in today's generation.
10. Information during this era were only spread by word of mouth and books were handwritten.
a) Gutenburg Revolution b) Post-Gutenburg World
c) Information Age d) Pre-Gutenburg World
11. The following are Covid-19 online scams except ____
a) None of the above b) Fake nonprofit donation requests
c) Fake health organizations d) sell fake products
12. Extracting confidential information such as credit card known as___
a) Hacking b) Phishing
c) All of the above d) DDoS
13. What is the black hole according to Richard Wurman?
a) The gap between data and knowledge b) The gap between different types of information
c) The gap between what we understand and

what we think we should understand
14. In the 1990s, what became the currency in the business world?
a) Money b) Products
c) Information
15. What was the original name for personal computers?
a) Mainframes b) Supercomputers
c) Microcomputers
16. What is a defining characteristic of personal computers?
a) They are intended for use by a single user b) They are built on a larger scale
c) They are designed for multiple users
17. What is a workstation?
a) A portable computer b) A desktop computer
c) A computer designed for a special group of

tasks
18. What distinguishes a workstation from a typical desktop computer?
a) More powerful processor, additional memory b) Smaller screen and less memory
and enhanced capabilities
c) Less processing power and slower

performance
19. What are some of the special group of tasks that workstations are designed for?
a) Gaming and web browsing b) Word processing and spreadsheet creation
c) 3D graphics and game development
20. What is a defining characteristic of a notebook computer?
a) It is designed to replace desktop computers b) It is not battery operated
c) It is a portable computer
21. What are notebook computers also commonly called?
a) Workstations b) Notebooks
c) Desktops
22. What is the main function of a computer that has been improved to provide network services?
a) To provide network services to other computers b) To browse the internet
c) To play games
23. Who is known as the "Father of Information Theory"?
a) Sergey Bin b) Claude E. Shannon
c) Larry Page
24. Which company developed microprocessors to help personal computers process incoming signals at a
faster rate?
a) Intel b) Stanford Research Project
c) Google
25. A ________ is an electronic device that stores and processes data (information).
"Answer must be in a capital letter."
Ans.
26. a species at risk, but not yet endangered
a) exotic b) endangered
c) endemic d) threatened
27. Which of the following would be most effective in slowing the loss of biodiversity?
a) creating large parks/preserves in biodiversity b) requiring every country to maintain a seed

hotspots bank
28. The level of biodiversity that involves a variety of habits and communities is _____ diversity.
a) population b) genetic
c) ecosystem d) species
29. The ecosystem approach to conservation is partly based on the idea that:
a) human needs are of secondary importance. b) a healthy biosphere requires intact

ecosystems.
30. Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?
a) It increases at each level of the food chain. b) It helps populations adapt to ecological
changes.
31. ______ ______ includes thing like minerals, fossil fuels, plants, animals, clean water, and solar energy.
a) Overexpoitation b) Nonrenewable Resources
c) Natural Resources
32. The number of different species and the abundance of each species in a biological community.
a) extinction b) genetic diversity
c) species diversity d) ecosystem diversity
33. Biologists put extra effort into protecting these because they have many species living in them.
a) Conservation stations b) Biodiversity Hotspots
c) Cities d) Farms
34. Endemic species are
a) Rare species b) Cosmopolitan in distribution
c) Species localized in a specific region d) None of these
35. This refers to a variety of life on Earth and the essential interdependence of all living things
a) Ecolsystem b) Species
c) Biodiversity d) Community
36. If one specie in an ecosystem goes extinct what will happen?
a) Other species will not go extinct. b) Other species will go extinct.
37. In which of the following habitat do most monkeys live?
a) Jungles b) Tropical Rainforests
c) Seas d) Tropical Deserts
38. The following are effects of Biodiversity Loss except 1.
a) Food Supply b) None of the above
c) Livelihoods d) Local Migration
39. Is an organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native.
a) Pollution b) Invaded Species
c) Invasive Species d) Overharvesting
40. Is an organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native.
a) Pollution b) Overharvesting
c) Invaded Species d) Invasive Species
41.
What actions decrease biodiversity?
a) Habitat Destruction / Loss b) Monocrop Farming / Mining / Overfishing /

Over hunting
c) Overpopulation d) All of these are correct
e) Pollution
42. How can humans best help an endangered species avoid extinction?
a) they can put the animals in a zoo b) they can take the animal to new habitats
c) they can feed the animals d) they can protect the animal’s habitat
43. How can humans best help an endangered species avoid extinction?
a) they can protect the animal’s habitat b) they can take the animal to new habitats
c) they can feed the animals d) they can put the animals in a zoo
44. The following are ways food biodiversity contributes to healthier diets except
a) It provides a wide range of nutritious, colorful b) It takes advantage of important and significant
options to choose from that meet diverse nutritional differences between species.
cultural and taste preferences.
c) It takes advantage of important and significant d) It is not available in sufficient quantities year
nutritional differences within species. round, inaccessible, unaffordable, and
unacceptable for people to eat it.
45. It is the most common caused of stunting, that affects his/her ability to grow properly
a) when a child does not get enough food and b) When a child is malnourished
nutrients
c) When a child has a disease d) when a child does not get enough Vitamin A
46. Which of the following gases DOES NOT trap heat?
a) carbon dioxide b) water vapor
c) nitrogen d) methane
47. Where have some of the strongest and earliest impacts of global warming occurred?
a) impacts of global warming are distributed b) in the tropics

equally all over the planet
c) in the northern latitudes
48. If you took away the atmosphere’s natural greenhouse effect, and everything else stayed the same,
Earth’s temperature would be
a) 50-60°F cooler b) 30-40°F warmer
c) 10-20°F cooler d) 10-20°F warmer
49. How do scientists collect evidence about climate?
a) by ground-based measurements of surface b) by collecting “proxy data” from tree rings, ice
temperatures, carbon dioxide concentration cores, and historical records
and sea level
c) using remote sensing from space with satellites d) all of the above
50. Compared to other greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide is very effective in trapping heat near the
surface of the Earth.
a) false b) true
51. Which of the following have been linked to climate change?
a) flooding b) all of the above
c) melting of polar ice caps d) droughts
52. Which century was the wettest of the last millenium?
a) 19th b) 16th
c) 20th d) 12th
53. Which species is threatened by the increased winter flow in streams due to global warming?
a) salmon b) atlantic mackerel
c) crawfish d) striped bass
54. Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of
Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?
a) the greenhouse effect b) the inversion layer
c) the hole in the ozone d) atmospheric pressure
55. When the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, which hemisphere is in the summer?
a) Southern b) Western
c) Northern d) Eastern
56. Name a continent that will have summer when the Northern hemisphere is in winter (Select all that
apply)
a) Africa b) Asia
c) Australia d) North America
57. Which of the following degrees latitude makes the most sense for Howell, NJ
a) 87 Degrees North b) 40 Degrees North
c) 87 Degrees South d) 40 Degrees South
58. What is the approximate tilt of the Earth's Axis?
a) 60 Degrees b) 30 Degrees
c) 23.5 Degrees d) 10 Degrees
59. Name a planet in the solar system with a runaway greenhouse effect
a) Alderaan b) Mars
c) Venus d) Neptune
60.
Which of the following best explains the graph (select two)
a) Average Temperatures have cooled down b) From 2015 onwards we are more likely to see
significantly since 1951 colder weather than hotter weather
c) Average Temperatures have risen significantly d) From 2015 onwards we are more likely to see
since 1951 extremely hot weather than colder weather
61. Which of the following gasses are major contributors to climate change? (Select all that apply)
a) Nitrous Oxide b) Xenon
c) Carbon Dioxide d) Methane
62. Increased production of greenhouse gasses has lead to (Select two)
a) Better harvesting conditions for food b) No major change in Earth's climate
c) Poorer health conditions for people in areas of d) An increase of approximately 1.5 degrees
higher pollution celcius on a global scale
63. Which of the following will have an effect on human populations due to climate change? (Select all that
apply)
a) Agriculture failing due to dry seasons b) Extreme Weather patterns due to fluxuations in
climate
c) Refugees fleeing low lying areas that are d) Marine life dying due to rising temperatures in
succumbing to rising waters the ocean and salinity issues from melting ice
caps
64.
Which type of organism will have issues reproducing due to rising temperatures in the ocean? Use the
provided graph for information.
a) wookies b) Human being
c) Marine life by coastal areas d) terrestrial life
65. Over an extended period of time, the United States has been responsible for the majority of global CO2
emissions, at 25% of the total for all countries. In 2008, the largest emitter was
a) United States b) Russia
c) China d) Japan
66. Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have been implicated in which of the following?
a) both increased global warming and increased b) decreased seawater temperatures

seawater acidity
c) Increased global warming d) Increased seawater acidity
67. What is a GMO?
a) A genetically identical organism b) An organism with foreign DNA
c) None of the above d) An organism with missing genes
68. Which of the following is NOT a way farmers would traditionally modify plants in the past?
a) saving seeds b) transgenic manipulation
c) cross-pollinating d) selective breeding
69. A short sequence of DNA can best be described as a/an ____.
a) chromatin b) gene
c) chromosome d) genome
70. What is another term for transgenic manipulation?
a) genetic engineering b) seed saving
c) cross-pollinating d) selective breeding
71. GMO stands for _____________.
a) Geometrically Modified Organisms b) Genetically Modified Organisms
c) Genetically Magnified Organisms
72. Bioinformatics is an amalgamation of modern biology and computer science, which forms into a single
discipline that covers the area of genomics, transcriptomics, genetics, and evolution.
a) False b) True
73. ____________ happens when there is an increase in carbon dioxide and other air pollutants, together
with the other greenhouse gases collected in the atmosphere and absorbing sunlight and solar
radiation that have bounced off the Earth's surface.
a) Global warming b) Climate change
c) Weathering
74. Wildlife poaching is an illegal act of ___________ wild animals.
a) displaying b) eating
c) capturing
75. ____________ is define as “the variability among living organisms from all sources, including
terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part
a) Wildlife b) Habitat
c) Environment d) Biodiversity
76. The transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct
genetic disorders is called _________.
a) Genetics b) Gene Therapy
c) Cell Therapy
77. The FDA granted COVID-19 vaccines EUA in order for it to be administered to the public. What does
EUA means?
a) Emergency Use Authorization b) Emergency Use Authentication
c) Emergency Use Application
78. What COVID-19 vaccine gained the first FDA approval?
a) Janssen b) Moderna
c) Pfizer
79. The long-term shift in global or regional climate patterns, usually associated with a rise in average
surface temperatures of the earth is called _____________
a) Global warming b) Climate change
c) Pollution d) Weathering
80. 9. Which pertains to the process of introducing unnatural chemicals that contaminate the air, soil, and
seas?
a) Eutrophication b) Acidification
c) Pollution d) Neutralization
81. 9. Which pertains to the process of introducing unnatural chemicals that contaminate the air, soil, and
seas?
a) Pollution b) Neutralization
c) Acidification d) Eutrophication
82. 2. . Which refers to species of organisms whose population is so low that it has a great tendency to
become extinct?
a) Threatened b) Endangered
c) Endemic d) Exotic
83. 2. . Which refers to species of organisms whose population is so low that it has a great tendency to
become extinct?
a) Endangered b) Exotic
c) Endemic d) Threatened
84.
What does biodiversity mean?
a) The different amount of species in an area b) All abiotic life
c) Only one species in an area. d) Nitrogen fixation
85. What are some ways we can help in maintaining biodiversity?
a) Don't use chemical pesticides on crops. b) Get involved with ecological restoration in your
area.
c) All of the above d) Prevent invasive species from overpopulating.
86. The prefix Bio means
a) birds b) science
c) ecosystems d) life
87. This refers to the total disappearance of all the members of a particular group of species.
a) Extinction b) Natural Selection
c) Biodiversity d) Disappearance
88. Why is biodiversity so important?
a) Because all species depend on each other to b) Because it better to only have a few species on
survive, so if one becomes extinct another Earth.
species that relies on it could go extinct as well
c) Honestly, I have no idea what biodiversity is! d) Because it’s better to have only one variation of
each species.
89. In what way are humans most impacting the biodiversity of ecosystems around the world?
a) c. We are destroying the habitats of a large b) b. We are increasing biodiversity by breeding

number of species new species
c) d. Recreational hunting d) a. We are putting too many organisms in zoos

or keeping them as pets
90. In what way are humans most impacting the biodiversity of ecosystems around the world?
a) c. We are destroying the habitats of a large b) b. We are increasing biodiversity by breeding

number of species new species
c) d. Recreational hunting d) a. We are putting too many organisms in zoos

or keeping them as pets
91. Biodiversity is the variety of ________ in a community.
a) genes b) community
c) species d) population
92. Biodiversity is the variety of ________ in a community.
a) genes b) community
c) population d) species
93. This process involves the manipulation of organisms’ genes, and it also involves transfer of genes from
the other organisms.
a) Genetic Engineering b) Stem Cell therapy
c) Bioprospecting d) All of the choices are correct
94. This process involves the manipulation of organisms’ genes, and it also involves transfer of genes from
the other organisms.
a) Genetic Engineering b) Bioprospecting
c) Stem Cell therapy d) All of the choices are correct
95. It is the state of balance of an ecosystem where biotic and abiotic factors maintained in a suitable
condition.
a) Biodiversity b) Survival
c) Adaptation d) Stability
96. It is the state of balance of an ecosystem where biotic and abiotic factors maintained in a suitable
condition.
a) Stability b) Biodiversity
c) Survival d) Adaptation
97. The word "nano" means:
a) one millionth of a meter b) one billionth of a meter
c) one trillionth of a meter d) one thousandth of a meter
98. Nanotechnology allows the manipulation of atoms or molecules to create or modify materials at the
nanoscale.
a) False b) True
99.
What is nanotechnology?
a) Study and manipulation of matter that is small b) Study and manipulation of technology that is
but can still be seen by the human eyes micro sized
c) Study and manipulation of matter at a scale of d) Study and manipulation of matter that moves at
1-100 nano meters a speed measured in nano seconds
100. The prefix "nano" comes from a ...
a) Spanish word meaning particle b) Greek word meaning dwarf
c) French word meaning billion d) Latin word meaning invisible

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IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY | Quizizz

SEMI-FINAL EXAM. IN SCIENCE,

2. Truths of the Information Age

c) Information must compete.

3. Father of Modern Computer Science

a) Charles Babbage b) Benedict Cumberbatch

c) Mark Zuckerberg d) Allan Turing

a) Personal Digital Assistants b) Desktops

c) Personal Computers d) Laptops

5. In which era is the use of printing press first introduced?

a) Pre-Gutenburg World b) Information Age

c) Post-Gutenburg World d) Gutenburg Revolution

6. What is the other term that is used to describe Information Age?

7. The television and telegram were introduced in this era.

a) Gutenburg Revolution b) Information Age

c) Post-Gutenburg World d) Pre-Gutenburg World

a) Information Age b) Post-Gutenburg World

c) Pre-Gutenburg World d) Gutenburg Revolution

a) Gutenburg Revolution b) Post-Gutenburg World

c) Information Age d) Pre-Gutenburg World

11. The following are Covid-19 online scams except ____

a) None of the above b) Fake nonprofit donation requests

c) Fake health organizations d) sell fake products

12. Extracting confidential information such as credit card known as___

c) All of the above d) DDoS

13. What is the black hole according to Richard Wurman?

c) The gap between what we understand and

15. What was the original name for personal computers?

16. What is a defining characteristic of personal computers?

c) They are designed for multiple users

17. What is a workstation?

a) A portable computer b) A desktop computer

c) A computer designed for a special group of

18. What distinguishes a workstation from a typical desktop computer?

c) Less processing power and slower

a) Gaming and web browsing b) Word processing and spreadsheet creation

c) 3D graphics and game development

20. What is a defining characteristic of a notebook computer?

a) It is designed to replace desktop computers b) It is not battery operated

21. What are notebook computers also commonly called?

a) To provide network services to other computers b) To browse the internet

23. Who is known as the "Father of Information Theory"?

a) Sergey Bin b) Claude E. Shannon

a) Intel b) Stanford Research Project

26. a species at risk, but not yet endangered

a) creating large parks/preserves in biodiversity b) requiring every country to maintain a seed

a) human needs are of secondary importance. b) a healthy biosphere requires intact

30. Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?

a) Overexpoitation b) Nonrenewable Resources

a) extinction b) genetic diversity

c) species diversity d) ecosystem diversity

a) Conservation stations b) Biodiversity Hotspots

34. Endemic species are

a) Rare species b) Cosmopolitan in distribution

c) Species localized in a specific region d) None of these

36. If one specie in an ecosystem goes extinct what will happen?

a) Other species will not go extinct. b) Other species will go extinct.

37. In which of the following habitat do most monkeys live?

a) Jungles b) Tropical Rainforests

c) Seas d) Tropical Deserts

38. The following are effects of Biodiversity Loss except 1.

a) Food Supply b) None of the above