WGU C165 INTEGRATED PHYSICAL
SCIENCE TEST BANK UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
●● The detailed mechanisms by which acidic pollutants in the river
water change limestone, which does not dissolve, into partially soluble
material, causing a large rock to weather?
Answer: chemistry
●● The effect of weathering and erosion on features of the landscape
over long periods of time.
Answer: Earth Science
●● Comparison of the fin structures and their use in different species of
fish.
Answer: life science
●● behavior of energy and matter
Answer: physics
●● how atoms and molecules interact
Answer: chemistry
,●● Earth and its various parts and processes
Answer: Earth Science
●● living systems, and their interactions with their surroundings and
each other
Answer: life science
●● "Because of the way Earth's axis is tilted, there is less direct sunlight
per day in the winter and temperatures drop" is mainly a statement
about:
Answer: Earth Science
●● "When water freezes the water molecules join weakly in a specific
way" is mainly a statement about:
Answer: chemistry
●● "Being less dense than liquid water makes the ice float." is mainly a
statement about:
Answer: physics
●● "The river freezes on its surface first" is mainly a statement about:
Answer: Earth Science
, ●● An experiment in which you deliberately change only one variable,
and observe how a second variable changes as a result, while you hold
all other variables that you control constant, is a:
Answer: controlled experiment
●● The variable that you adjust is called the________ variable
Answer: independent
●● This is an example of employing a ______________ of the river
Answer: model
●● If the students decide to collect data from the computer simulation
on how the speed of the water changes for different widths, but neglect
to hold the rate of water entering from the source at the same value, they
are simulating a(n) _______________ experiment.
Answer: uncontrolled
●● If the students keep the rate of water entering the pipe at one gallon
per minute in the simulation to see the speed of the water change as the
width of the pipe is changed, the independent variable is ____________
Answer: pipe width
●● If the students keep the rate of water entering the pipe at one gallon
per minute in the simulation to see the speed of the water change as the
SCIENCE TEST BANK UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
●● The detailed mechanisms by which acidic pollutants in the river
water change limestone, which does not dissolve, into partially soluble
material, causing a large rock to weather?
Answer: chemistry
●● The effect of weathering and erosion on features of the landscape
over long periods of time.
Answer: Earth Science
●● Comparison of the fin structures and their use in different species of
fish.
Answer: life science
●● behavior of energy and matter
Answer: physics
●● how atoms and molecules interact
Answer: chemistry
,●● Earth and its various parts and processes
Answer: Earth Science
●● living systems, and their interactions with their surroundings and
each other
Answer: life science
●● "Because of the way Earth's axis is tilted, there is less direct sunlight
per day in the winter and temperatures drop" is mainly a statement
about:
Answer: Earth Science
●● "When water freezes the water molecules join weakly in a specific
way" is mainly a statement about:
Answer: chemistry
●● "Being less dense than liquid water makes the ice float." is mainly a
statement about:
Answer: physics
●● "The river freezes on its surface first" is mainly a statement about:
Answer: Earth Science
, ●● An experiment in which you deliberately change only one variable,
and observe how a second variable changes as a result, while you hold
all other variables that you control constant, is a:
Answer: controlled experiment
●● The variable that you adjust is called the________ variable
Answer: independent
●● This is an example of employing a ______________ of the river
Answer: model
●● If the students decide to collect data from the computer simulation
on how the speed of the water changes for different widths, but neglect
to hold the rate of water entering from the source at the same value, they
are simulating a(n) _______________ experiment.
Answer: uncontrolled
●● If the students keep the rate of water entering the pipe at one gallon
per minute in the simulation to see the speed of the water change as the
width of the pipe is changed, the independent variable is ____________
Answer: pipe width
●● If the students keep the rate of water entering the pipe at one gallon
per minute in the simulation to see the speed of the water change as the
