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"Standing On The Shoulders of Giants": Dominican College of Tarlac
"Standing On The Shoulders of Giants": Dominican College of Tarlac
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
A.Y. 2020-2021, First Semester
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Sir Isaac Newton
3. What do you think this quote tells you about Newton’s character?
I. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being asked. Write your answer on the space provided
for.
_______________5. This period in history marks the beginning of a change in the underlying
assumptions in science.
_______________6. This system which assumed that the earth was at the center of the universe.
_______________7. It is stated that matter cannot be created or destroyed – it can only change
forms.
_______________8. The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living
substances.
_______________9. The first true scientists were ____.
_______________10. placed the sun at the centre of everything and assumed that the planets
(including the earth) travelled around the sun.
II. MATCHING TYPE. Match the Scientists or Philosophers at Column A with those
contributions/titles/ or known for at Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
space before each number.