SCIENCE REVIEWER
Alexander Graham Bell is the father of the telephone. After all it was his design that was first
patented
Gregorio Ynciong Zara was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He
was known as the father of videoconferencing for having invented the first two-way videophone.
The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein
María Orosa y Ylagan (November 29, 1892 – February 13, 1945) was a Filipina food technologist,
pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian, and war heroine. She experimented with foods native to the
Philippines, she is credited with inventing the banana ketchup.
Polio vaccine, preparation of poliovirus given to prevent polio, an infectious disease of the nervous
system. The first polio vaccine to be widely used in humans, known as inactivated poliovirus vaccine
(IPV) or Salk vaccine, was developed in the early 1950s by American physician Jonas Salk.
Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician-scientist who was recognised for discovering
penicillin.
Biodegradable define as the ability for a material to be broken down naturally by the organisms in
an ecosystem. Simply put, biodegradable means that the material naturally breaks down into smaller
components, such as sugars and gases.
Biodegradeable material generally includes wood, wool, cotton, animal waste or any other organic
material which can be broken down into carbondioxide, methane or any other simple organic
molecules with the help of micro-organisms. They are often referred to as 'Bio-waste'.
Non-biodegradable materials are not easily affected by the natural process as they do not react with
and dissolve in the soil easily. Some of these items that are commonly used in day to day lives are
plastic products, aluminium cans, bottles, metal scraps, glasses, grocery bags and Styrofoam
(polystyrene).
Melting happens when something solid turns into a liquid because it gets warm or it is expose to a
high temperature.
Physical changes are those in which the shape, size, or state of the matter changes, but the substance
or its chemical composition is still essentially the same. For example, chopping up a carrot or ice
melting into water are both physical changes. Chemical changes are those where one or more
substances are combined to produce a new substance.
Examples of chemical changes would be burning, cooking, rusting, and rotting. Examples of
physical changes could be boiling, melting, freezing, and shredding.
Properties are distinctive characteristics that describe an object or material. Durability is the ability
of the materials to withstand wear, pressure or damage. Malleability means that a metal can be
hammered and formed into sheets which can be used for a variety of different purposes. Electrical
conductivity is the ability of metals to conduct heat and electricity.
Mixture is a combination of two or more substances in which its substance retains its individual
chemical properties. Mixtures can be made with many forms such as solids, liquids and gases. And it
is very common in our daily lives, they are the air we breathe, the food and drink we consume and
the fabric we wear.
2 types of Mixture
Heterogenous Mixture – means “Different” and you can see the different parts (phases) of the
mixture easily.
Examples: fruit/vegetable salad, pizza, mixed nuts, beach sand, air with clouds
Homogenous Mixture – means “the same” you cannot see the different parts (phases) of the mixture
easily.
Examples: soda, coffee, balloons, hollow blocks, cookies
Separating mixtures – remove unwanted materials, thus making these materials available for
utilizing them for different purposes.